ABSOLUTELY! The education system as we know it is a socialization process. I makes mindless zombies very well but I fear that it swishes personalization and creativity in process. Is it not a wonder that those kids who walk to the beat of their own drum in school becomes successful and those who always followed the rules become great paper pushers? That's what school does, it teaches us to seek an approval that's external to us (ie. teacher's approval, grades, awards) and not a sense of internal approval (ie. pride, enjoyment, satisfaction). We all get at least nearly 2 decades of this socialization process to be pounded into a mold (whether we're round, or rectangle or rhombus, we're all going into that square hole, because that's the only way to succeed in school, and if we don't, we're deemed a freak and forced to be medicated and the like). It's that same mold that we must break free from if we're to draw into the inner creativity, that inner peace. I think after we've done so, we'll all be a lot happier and much more productive. --- Sorry for the ranting, it's a touchy subject.
