I often end up in this concept of the "real world" when talking about kids and their up-bringing. Iv'e always felt school needs to be much more individually tailored, and this connects to my real-world thinking about kids: I envision how the world "outside" of the family will treat my kids, and what they need to do well out there. Same thing applies to school, really. And in the real world we do not expect everyone to know the same things, do the same job, or have the same personality or talent as everyone else. So why should schools be like this? Its just stupid.