I do not think high school is bad but the people who run it. You look at other countries outside the USA and see that their students do better in math, science, and reading than USA. The teacher unions and university faculties in general have this thought of entitlement. From unions protecting teachers or professors who have tenure the drive of most teachers teaching our kids are sub par at best.

School should be a place for people to share knowledge, but it has been distorted as some sort of chore or waste of time. Bill Gates, or Steve Jobs may not have graduated from college and Elon Musk may not be praising college, but they are all successful because they had a lot of help from people who actually went through college. School is a sanctuary for bettering one self.

Yet the teachers if are caring and thoughtful enough to better the students to me it does not have to be in a school to do so. I agree schools should not be a requirement. It is just that I believe school is not really bad if the teachers are good. Thanks!