I think this attests more to the dangers of early tracking in European societies (didn't take the right tests in high school? You're never going to college) tha

I think this attests more to the dangers of early tracking in European societies (didn't take the right tests in high school? You're never going to college) than the benefits of education as access to knowledge. In the us, taking classes like this COULD lead to a job, if you were willing to fight really hard for it.