I find a lot of commentary here to be false dichotomies. Here, education is either bad or good when the reality is that it depends. Some aspects are good, some are bad, some are good in some places, worse in others.
A lot of people struggle with complexity and it is telling that a forum focused on computer science, IT and general tech is so challenged to realise this.
Being good at one thing doesn't make you good at everything. See elon musk.
Whilst I love the cynical view, and it somewhat sadly clicks. I agree high school education sits in the grey. From personal experience the most valuable lesson I leaned in high school is when I was doing something I was interested in getting sleep didn't matter. But learning how to grind through work is a really useful like skill. There's no way to teach hard work. You just got to do it.
A lot of people struggle with complexity and it is telling that a forum focused on computer science, IT and general tech is so challenged to realise this.