Fascinating.
I loved this:

“The romance and intellectualism of great literature and the beauty of the sciences are dulled by the formulaic essays and exams school children have to write about them.”

I was so fortunate to have parents who consistently brought me great world literature and I was able to immerse myself in more wonderful world than my quotidian boring school milieu.

As a fully paid up Art and Drama nerd at my factory-farm school I was lucky to escape to a small academic alternative school. Here I found there was no bullying, lots of coopers and community. Nobody was unpopular or popular. It was amazing.