[BeetleB]

> A large amount of engagement is reading and responding to body language.

That's due to a limitation of the current medium, don't you think? When I started going to school, I had to improve my social awareness not because it's an inherently, objectively better way to learn, but because that's what was needed as a result of how the classroom is structured.

[renjimen]

But social awareness is part of adult life, and school is the place we prepare our children for adult life, not just to excel in academic tests.

[BeetleB]

> But social awareness is part of adult life, and school is the place we prepare our children for adult life

The school doesn't prepare kids for this. By most measures it does a rather poor job. There's a reason they say "A" grade students work for "B" grade managers who work in companies started by "C" grade students.

Other commenters have said it, but the social behavior kids are exposed to in schools doesn't match much with the "real" world. The way problematic people are handled is quite different. As are the metrics of what constitutes success.