[jgranby]

Not necessarily. The idea that higher education should be organised with all the best professors &c. in one place, and students come from all around to a centralised place of learning, isn't crazy at all. And, as gfodor pointed out, those 4 years are character-building.

I think the article raises some issues but in far too aggressive a way. There are problems with the way students are forced to pick a career path so early, but the assertion that "any system that asks you to devalue a relationship with place or with extended family is evil" doesn't stand up to much scrutiny. He doesn't consider any of the benefits of spending time away from home, and doesn't really back up his claim with anything at all.

[davetroy]

I suggest that you tune in for the next post, which will discuss the downsides of excess mobility in society, in very specific ways.

[jcromartie]

It's not crazy for specialized schooling, but it is another thing to suggest that it's the best way to educate a society.