A famous philosopher once said that only the educated are free. Our system today is doing a very poor job of promoting that freedom. I believe that our education system fails because it lacks accountability and subverts responsibility. Rather than focusing on the quality of the education, the system all too often focuses on preserving the status quo. The status quo is simply not good enough.…
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