Well, if you are an american, the college I went to is nothing to brag about. But we do with what we have.<p>&gt; Graduating from school (highschool or university) is about learning how to follow directions and play the game.<p>Really? Is that what college is about, or is that what some colleges have become? The progress from middle school to high school to college is less about learning what&#x27;s on the board and more about being able to stand on your own among your peers. It gradually moves you from a smaller echo box to a larger and larger one. Until the time you start working and living independently, where the echo box becomes your workplace and the city.<p>&gt; But you&#x27;re not even making such a modest claim, you&#x27;re actually claiming that it is the<p>I never said that was the only way, but it has been one of the better ways historically. If you know of a better way to teach a good portion of the population critical thinking abilities I am all for it. I am not supporting going to a college with and being $200K in debt when you graduate and still not knowing what you want to do in life. But I am opposed to the fact that the r&#x2F;hn hivemind thinks that all college is a waste of time.<p>&gt; Are you aware of how absolutely stupid school seems to peop...<p>Well good for them, maybe they can broaden their horizons a bit earlier, but what kind of smart people are you talking about? 3 standard deviation from the mean? So the 0.1%? Or 2 sigma? So the 2.3%?