[meekmind]

That's a fair point, however we don't reach university until after 12 years of compulsory state-run education in the U.S.

By that time, many developmental windows have been missed, a persons personality is already solidified.

University is too late for these fundamentals, which IMHO ought to be taught in primary school. I think we horribly underestimate the ability of children to do this. Which I attribute to the assembly-line education that appeals to the lowest common denominator.

[rualca]

> University is too late for these fundamentals, which IMHO ought to be taught in primary school.

There are so many fundamentals that are skipped throughout compulsory education. Stuff like basic taxes and home economics and labour law, which is the kind of stuff we all have to endure throughout our lives.

School is not designed from the point of view of the citizen. It's designed from the point of view of the elites running the nation.