[Tomkat]

The problem you* seem to be stating is that school doesn't teach you any useful skills which you may use in your future job. However, this is a silly statement as there are countless jobs out there, with completely different requirements. School equips you to deal with the world, not with getting a job. While some children might only benefit from "Shopkeeper Studies" and "How to have 5 children and keep your figure" as that's all they might ever be, you have to try and accommodate EVERY child into this.

At a very very very basic level, how a child performs in school (across the entire curriculum) is based on how naturally sharp they are (I hesitate to use the word "intelligent" as I don't like it) and how well they pick up new concepts, and then how hard-working they are. Sure, memorising the insanely dull facts for GCSEs does seem completely pointless, but it is just HARD WORK. Those pupils that have the motivation to do this are likely to be the ones who excel in the future because they will have the motivation to work harder elsewhere in life. Of course there will be exceptions, but for the most part this is true.

*dante, nod, jakiri, etc