What does this mean? OP went to high school, but dropped out. How does how education is paid affect this?

meanwhile also in Europe, we fund public education systems that do not do for everyone what Sal Khan does for everyone

The EU has a system that allows people to get an education, at their own pace, even after they have been adults for some time?

My situation was not a failure of our education system. I was just not in a situation that was stable and conducive to learning when I was young. Part of that was my parent’s fault, but they were doing the best they could; part of that was my fault, there are many things I could’ve approached differently.

Although we were poor by US standards at the time, I actually was on the edge of a great school district for most of my early education.

A school system was not going to fix the problems, both situational and self inflicted, that lead to my situation.

And there is no equivalent to what Khan Academy is doing that I am aware of. Part of the value is it has zero marginal cost, so anyone can use it. That’s actually the point. You don’t have to be in the EU to get a great education. You can be in Mauritania, as long as you have internet, you have a shot at receiving an education.