(Went to school in the Netherlands)

I think I mostly agree. Some of the parts of school sucked, but overal it was a fun experience, with a decent enough balance of bullies and friends.

I’m not quite sure I saw it like that at the time, but I never hated it.

I also find that everything I learned in high school is used at some point or another (maybe the french is an exception), Biology is great when raising kids, maths are great at any point in life, though the more esoteric ‘resolve this equation’ things have yet to happen, geography is nice because I know what causes the earthquakes, what makes the typhoons that pass by once in a while and so on.

It only becomes clear to me by comparison how great and well-rounded my education has been, sometimes I wonder if other people went to school at all, and if they did, what did they do there all day?

While I think university might have done a better job of preparing me for work, high school did a great job of preparing me for life (at least academically).

And really, work is just a more complex high school socially speaking.