I don't think High School is so great. I hated it more than I can possibly express, and I went to one of the best public High Schools in the country. I dropped

I don't think High School is so great. I hated it more than I can possibly express, and I went to one of the best public High Schools in the country. I dropped out and only regret it ~every other Thursday, and then only because I think I would have enjoyed college, if I had picked the right one. And then only because I would have possibly enjoyed the friends and networking benefits. I strongly feel, based on observation and anecdotal evidence, that traditional school encourages people to need guidance their whole lives. If the social and networking benefit can be replaced, anyone who can self-direct learning is better off without the classroom structure. That goes double for people of above average intelligence, and should be logarithmically more true in this day of infinite internet information. Obviously this doesn't apply to accredited professions. This doesn't mean being self-taught is so great either. Mentors are everything. But High School isn't typically a bastion of real, useful, mentorship.