Content: wholly irrelevant
Time: a tyrannical overtaking of a human's time, virtually assuring mediocrity in all pursuits
Social: most negative social influences have their origin in school.
Children who have real talents (proficiency in test taking is not a real talent) are asked to forego them in order to study and get good grades
Budding Picasso's and Jordan's are turned into factory workers
It is a warehouse for academics who would struggle in the private sector
It is a parallel universe that suits its own end
It charges hundreds of thousands for that which can be had for free with an internet connection
Make something sacred, and one can get away with anything
"What can you possibly teach me that will benefit me in the real world, and that I cannot learn online, for free?"
Humans do not learn via classroom settings
Particularly not those things which add almost zero value to their lives
"Don't you want your child to have an education?"
"Do you not wish to be educated?"
Have a look at the syllabus and the social environment
And one quickly recognizes what "being educated" means
Jumping into the deep end and learning how to swim with water rising above your head is education
Learning the nature of human beings is education
Seeing patterns that others have not seen is education
Must learn at a young age what he naturally gravitates toward, and what talents he has been given
Then every egg that he has, and a few from the neighbor, must be placed in one basket
To be continued . . .