J. Clarke wrote:
Douglas Johnson wrote:
"J. Clarke" wrote:

Douglas Johnson wrote:
"J. Clarke" wrote:

The schools are a miserable experience that produce mediocre
results. The argument that they are better than nothing doesn't
wash. What did you personally learn in the public schools school
other than to read and write and do sums that was of any real
value
in later life?
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Sounds to me like you went to an unusual school. The most important
thing I got out of high school was _me_.

You are right. School for you was of no real value.
j4