“Classes” May Not Be So Bad After All

I’ll grant that the Albert Einsteins of the world are actually harmed by schooling.  Of course they’re bored, but perhaps worse, their capacity to employ their creative genius is thwarted by the authority of the academic status quo.

It’s worth keeping in mind, however, that, for all but about one hundred millionth of us, education is what enables us to to understand science, so as to become our civilization’s doctors, engineers, and chemists.  Want healthcare?  Bridges?  Air travel?  It won’t happen without these horrible “classes.”