Thanks for writing an alternate and reasonable perspective. I generally hold very poor opinions about schooling and sometimes forget that it can and does work f

Thanks for writing an alternate and reasonable perspective. I generally hold very poor opinions about schooling and sometimes forget that it can and does work for certain types of people. As someone who dropped out of high school to go to college, and then subsequently dropped out of said college, I am struck by the early similarities. I am you but perhaps less disciplined - a lot of 'hyperbrain' characteristics. I'd also finished up my high school requirements by sophomore year (including 4 APs), although trying to set up dual enrollment was like pulling teeth in my school district. However, like mrshoe, I thought school damaged me educationally. To be straight I'd say school was what killed my motivation - something along the lines of that one Einstein quote - and allowed me to form maladaptive study habits which I have never successfully eradicated. Even now I am still unsure of what kind of advice to give a smart but demotivated youngster. Usually default to: If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a big mistake. -Frank Wilczek