Comment Re:People definitely neglect science... (Score 1) 656
The education system, I'd say across the world is completely outdated and is a perfect example of a government run system.
Let me guess. Your world is constrained to North-America?
Even with all the technological advances available to schools, we still use the 17th century lecture style instruction method across the globe. We cram 30 students into the room with 1 teacher, and force everyone to learn at one pace: from the smartest to the dumbest.
In countries like the Netherlands and Germany, there are three or four different tracks for students aged 12-18. Around 15% follow the "pre-university" track in the Netherlands. It worked well for me, for exactly the reasons you give.
You wont get this though. Because we live in a world that demands "social justice" aka: forcing the smartest to be clumped in with the dumbest and the laziest.
I don't know where you get your idea of social justice from. Social justice would be to mix rich and poor in a classroom.