I followed the rules, and I was a high achiever.
Some go on to trade schools or get further training for jobs they are interested in. Some go into the arts, some are craftsmen, some take a little time out to travel, and some start their own businesses. But our graduates find and work at what they want to do.
Whenever culture has gone through a radical change, as ours has - from industrial age to information age - there are people who will deny that things have changed; they resist it and refuse to change.
In traditional schools, you're penalized for making a mistake. But that won't work in the new information culture, in the digital world we live in today.
Just the concept of personal freedom within a democracy, for instance, is a relatively young idea - only about 300 years old in this country.
