[jelliclesfarm]

I didn’t state that..I said that “I wonder if public education is exactly what’s leading to inequalities“

And I meant intellectual inequalities. Some skills need practice(music, for example)...others need an persistence and some others need aptitude. A public school in my district right now has to choose between building a swimming pool or pay teachers more wages to build up their last drawn salary which will be their lifetime pension when they retire as a defined benefit.

All students lose because they never find out where they excel because they have to receive uniform education that is affordable to all after redistribution of resources.

[yesenadam]

So (you wonder if) everyone getting the same education is leading to inequalities? Sorry, I really don't follow.

[jelliclesfarm]

Yes. That’s exactly what I mean. Example: If one has an aptitude for grade 11 in the subject of mathematics and grade 3 for the subject of history...and one is assigned to grade 5 learning 5th grade math and 5th grade history, then it’s a complete waste of education.

However(for the purpose of this thought experiment)...if one is in a class that has students from say..grade 5 to grade 12...and can learn whatever they want..then one can entirely skip history classes and focus only on math. Everyone learns what they want...instead of learning what someone else wants.