Following on Howler's commentary about a lack of direction in university, children are streamlined to such a degree into activities that are CV-enhancing that they miss out on the opportunity to explore true interests, read widely, experience downtime, think, and meet people from a variety of walks of life. Finding one's life path comes from the lived experience, not some hermetically sealed vacuum tube connected to an Ivy with an on-ramp at grade 1 (or earlier!) They're driving toward some arbitrary goal with absolutely no perspective on what it contributes to society or themselves. It's terribly sad.
