A case for college reform?

College isn't for everyone, and it's not ideal. What's worse in my mind, though? A public school system that doesn't teach students how to think. All our K-12 education seems to teach is how to regurgitate information for a test. It doesn't teach critical thinking, analysis, world view, communication, etc. All of those skills are what takes a person farther in life, regardless of where they learn them. Why not teach these things to our kids from an early age? How you think is just as important as what you're thinking about. Education shouldn't be about being a mindless drone who can pass a test. That sets you up to do mindless tasks. If you know how to think, and can think about things in new ways, you become an innovator. You become someone who makes things happen. It's not to say that the world doesn't need some mindless drones, but we don't need 50% of our population to be that way. If we want to be world leaders, we need people who can think like them. I'm not just talking about college graduates, or the CEO who figures out a huge cost saving measure for their company. I'm talking about the plumber who figures out a better way to do his job, or the electrician who invents an energy efficient light bulb. If we had more people like that, and fewer people who were complacent, lazy, and unimaginative, we might not be stuck in this rut. That all starts early on, and it needs to continue through high school. How about we stop treating education like an industry, and start treating it like a service provided to young mind who want to learn? I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying you're not going far enough.