There are things that I am glad for that at the time caused me a great deal of suffering. I am glad that I was an ugly and socially awkward child. It gave me more time to read books and prevented me from having my time consumed by socializing and games. It also, to a large degree, kept me separate from the mass culture.

I am glad that I went to an abysmal failure of a high school. The purpose of the mandatory education is to grind a few neccessary skills into to people, but primarily, to grind them down. It serves many functions. It prevents crime by youths. It acts as a daycare for adults so that both parents can be in the work force. This leaves the child at the mercy of the mass culture, which is of course, very stupid.

I have no objections with that part of the system. Most parents are very stupid people. It would be best if the proper raising of the children was left to the society, with the parents taking on a supplementary (or possibily opositional) role, but in any case, be secondary.