Amen. The worst aspect is that the system rewards mediocrity. Real brilliance is often punished as (or along with) out of bounds behaviour. To add insult to injury, the education systems of the world have also proven to be very resilient against change so far. School and college have seen almost zero change over the last century in large parts of the world - no wonder they're not a good fit for the internet world anymore.

Real progress has only been made in a few countries, Scandinavia comes to mind. The success in these countries shows that the rest of the world could greatly benefit from opening up...