[cousin_it]

> Education is more a filtering mechanism than an enrichment mechanism. Panning does not create gold.

But the Bessemer process does create steel. I'll be the first to agree that education doesn't give much knowledge (apart from basic reading and arithmetic, which take a few months at most). But it gives you something else:

1) Ability to show up on time

2) Ability to sit still and do boring stuff for hours every day

3) Belief in importance of grades

Basically it's a forced personality change, turning children into worker bees. That's why it takes years and why it's so valuable to employers.