Raise your hand if you think the main purpose of school is to get a good job.
Okay, now raise your hand if you think the main purpose of school is to shape the next generation’s understanding of the world and address its needs.
I suspect you want to put both hands in the air.
But if my prompt were, “Raise your hand if you think American schools are doing a good job of achieving either of these goals” I suspect you might not lift your hand with much conviction…if at all.