I think formal education is very important for most people to expand our minds. Other people don’t do well in a structured setting, and some people excell so much in one area, the average schhol system cannot accomodate their need for acquiring knowledge in that subject matter. Of course also there are some people who have very low IQ’s, or some sort of disability that also don’t fit well into mainstream education.
I believe in to some extent suiting the education to the child. Some children do best in public school, some in private, some homeschooled, all are ok with me.
I think secondary education should help prepare students to either have a skill they can work at after graduation, prepare them for a vocational school, or prepare and help them to go to college. Again, it depends on the individual and what they are capable of doing ajd what they want to do.
In America I still think the high school level needs to be better at helping atudents evaluate and move in the direction of what to do after high school.
I think seeking knowledge can bea very satisfying thing. Whether through school or on our own. But, at the primary and secondary level, I do think most children need to be put into an educational setting, and I believe in exposing kids to many different things, not tracking them at young ages.