REVENGE OF THE GEEKS: What made them outsiders in high school makes them stars in the world.

If high school is an environment that systematically punishes traits that lead to success in the real world, then why not abolish high school? As institutions, they don’t do a very good job of teaching math and history. If they also punish traits linked to innovation then what exactly are high schools good for?

UPDATE: Reader Drew Kelley writes: “They provide union-protected jobs for the graduates of Ed-Schools, insulating those grads from the cruelties of the market.”