It's the kind of thing that makes those people question why you brought a book with you everywhere you went (so you could soak up every bit of free time with a little reading). It irritates the living shit out of me.

Before there were schools, there were people learning.

People who can only learn in schools are like people who can only drive stick shift: Limited. Whereas a person who knows how to learn to drive something will be able to drive anything, from a tank to a go-cart, with a little time to get used to the controls. The trick is learning how to learn, not focusing single-mindedly on whatever is spoon-fed to you.

Admittedly, the stick-only driver may become better at driving a stick shift than most people; but the first time they're dropped into a standard and have to figure out what a clutch is, they're dead. They lack flexibility because they're not used to learning new things to begin with.

I have to note with some small bemusement, though, that this is being posted in a place where, I'm willing to bet, not a single person has a "pure" school-based education. Hell, the Monastery itself could easily be considered an enormous, constantly updated manual, written by hundreds.

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You are what you think.