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No doubt about it that our schools aren't doing their job very well, but that doesn't mean that "self education" is a valid substitute. In fact, I think a large part of the problem we face is increasing anti-intellectualism in America, which devalues and deemphasizes the importance of education. The reason less than half of Americans "believe" in evolution, for example, is not because it's not being taught, but because so many Americans reject the knowledge in schools in favor of "real life" knowledge, whether that comes from the bible, or from simply saying "I just feel that there's no way I'm related to monkeys."
Schools can absolutely be improved, but the sad state of our education is in large part a byproduct of the sad state of our culture with regards to the pursuit of knowledge.
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