[droid151]

I agree with what you've said. The problem with a lot of schooling is the ability to ensure it's "fair" and to regulate it. Both come at the cost of potential quality of education as educators have to adhere to standardisations, which limits their ability to tailor educational needs.

Yeah that standardization is kinda necessary evil, though I did wander what it is like in schools with smaller student/teacher ratio.

However, I went to school in Europe and was lucky. A good portion of my schooling (not all) favoured the "hands on" approach wherever possible, critical thinking, creative solutions and real-world application. My teachers who were good at this are the ones whose teachings have stayed with me - I can pretty much pinpoint my life successes to things they taught me xD

That sounds awesome. I honestly didn't know there are that kind of schools here in Europe. I've always put them on private schools in the US.