Education VS business. Many smart and not-so books, and articles to date, asserting that education teaches you and your children to be a slave. On the other hand, is always wise parents assert that the need to get a good education, which is necessarily useful to you in life. And the success story of a Harvard graduate (facebook), and the founders of Google, which just received a good education and become successful people, confirms the need for education. About me: During the school in connection with itinerant changed school three times, eventually graduated from technical school. In 2003 entered the Dneprodzerzhinsk State University, successfully passed the entrance tests, and was accepted for training even before they passed school exams, because while others soared, how best to pass an exam in school, I relaxed on the beach. Major university was selected by the accuracy of the index finger. After 2 years of training I was transferred to the budget for good performance. Not that I greatly enjoyed studying, just learned that this is possible, and made it a goal to receive a scholarship next year. In the end, it took me 2 years (unheard of in my hand, patience). In the fourth year, has completely lost interest in higher education and found a way to go to the U.S. (student program work & travel), where he lived for a year. And when I returned from "the lair of the bourgeoisie" My father convinced me to finish another year of training and get all the same, Diploma-engineer. Today, I use less than 10% of what was for 16 years of education (11 years in school, and 5 in the university). Read and write, I learned even before they went to the 1-st class. From 5 th grade improve my English. In everyday life use of elementary mathematics (subject to fractions and percentages). Plus scraps of geometry, chemistry, geography, physics, history, and then, rather, to seem like the rest of the "educated man". That is, everything else I need in order to make the other right (correct me) impression. Some experts in the areas of language argue that to begin freely speak any foreign language, one is enough 3 months to study it together with the carriers, that is to be immersed in a linguistic environment. It is easy to estimate how much time you need to study the principles and rules of elementary mathematics (in my opinion - 1-3 years, so do not hurry). Hence the conclusion: Education is necessary, but purposeful. That is, since as a child taught to read and write (5-6 years of age), it should be taught the basics needed to navigate the world and society. And it should be done under the strict supervision of psychologists, as during this time to determine that a child does best and what he likes to do. And on the basis of his hobbies determine the future direction of education of the child. For 3 years, until the child will learn elementary mathematics, it will be quite able to learn the 12 (!) Languages. That is a graduate of a three-year school can be explained in 12 languages around the world and the rest is comparable to graduate school. If the stretch is training for 5 years, then this time will be sufficient to explore the basics of "electives" as geography, history, etc. To date, over 12 years of schooling a child in the best case will know one foreign language, and a lot of other information that he forgets the next 5 years at university. Then, get a job, he will again be retrained to meet the post. By the time graduate school last a centralized training before obtaining higher education will be a full member of the company, and if this formation is to add financial literacy, it has formed the backbone of the future elite of society.