A quickie post with a loaded question to be further explored.
This is such a loaded question, but I'm serious.
A mandatory school without options where kids have to go to a place, sit obediently and subject themselves to a cookie cutter schooling seems so mid evil. I could argue it isn't even education.
The meme points out a real problem too. I know plenty of people suffering from being pushed into this debt hell. Society norms seem to say, "You have to."
With all the high-quality options available today, I think the end of this paradigm is near. There is no way it will be able to continue competing with an open market. There will be a lot of gnashing of the teeth from the establishment. There will also be a lot of confusion from people that don't even know they have options as they watch others who use the tools available blow right by them.
I plan to continue exploring this in the future. What do you think?
A good resource: School Sucks Project