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<p>I agree with this if your definition of an educated public is one that unquestioningly follows authority and is comfortable with non-creative, busy-work jobs (not that there is anything wrong with that-- I’m the least creative person I know!) I don’t agree if you expect and want as many as possible graduates of public schools to have critical reasoning skills, or to be able to compete internationally in research. IMHO some (though not all) of our students with the greatest potential to help society with individual accomplishments are some of the antisocial troublemakers you would eliminate.</p>
<p>Also, I think it would create even a greater class divide than we already have, getting us even faster to the catastrophic times I am guessing (perhaps wrongly?) you are imagining.</p>