Teaching critical thinking is so damn important. But public school is all about conditioning kids to be workers, to not question authority, and to spend most of their life doing things they don't enjoy. All to prepare them for being miserable adults who spend all their time working and barely scraping by so the people with all the money can continue to exploit the working class. So glad we can have our kids in a private school that focuses on teaching kids how to learn, think for themselves, and work collaboratively to solve problems.