What is the point of school?

[Maniac Craniac]

That video summed up some of the reasons why I didn't go to college straight out of high school, and why overall it is very low on my list of goals, indeed. That said, I value structured learning with assessments and milestones, and one can't deny that having a degree is at the very least, better than not having one. Of course, that doesn't mean that going to school is better than not going to school in an absolute sense. The problem is that guidance counselors and the man in the video both make great generalizations about what is good for everyone, or at least, most people, when none of them are in the position to make the assertions that they do.

Of course your teachers will tell you about how wonderful school is- THEY'RE TEACHERS!!! Of course a successful person who never went to college will tell you that you don't need to go to college to be successful. However, none of that applies to me at all, and I, as all others do, need to assess my own situation.