This is yet another reason that I worry about one day sending my pre-school aged sons to public school. Conform, conform, conform. My experience with large co

This is yet another reason that I worry about one day sending my pre-school aged sons to public school. Conform, conform, conform. My experience with large companies tells me that such training might serve them well, although similar experience seemingly had little effect upon me (I hope.). Last year, my wife and I toured the local Montessori school, and I asked whether students would be required to take the Ohio state-wide standardized tests. The teacher, thinking that I was concerned that their "performance" would not be measured, said that they could optionally take them. When I explained my relief that their time would not be wasted, she chimed in about how much she hated the tests as well. American society is so obsessed with measurement that it ignores the nuances of what it seeks to optimize upon. By definition, any outstanding achievement lacks a convenient standard of measurement.