Questions About Education

Here are some questions about our education system to get your brain churning!

1. Why does school have to be mandatory?
2. Does it even have to be mandatory? 
3. Why don't kids like school/want to learn?
4. Could students be trusted to educate themselves?
5. Why aren't we (children) as interested in the world around us as, say, the self-educated Michael Faraday?
6. Is it because of our society?
7. If so, is there a way to revert our society back to a state where children will want to learn; or is the problem's roots embedded in our technological comforts and way of life?
8. Do teachers make learning boring? I know from my personal experience I like learning things on my own rather than being forced to do something. For instance, the Curious Robot is something I like to do, not something I'm forced to do.
9. Why don't children find the amazing workings of the natural world very interesting?
10. Could they be taught to appreciate the world around them, or is it something embedded in their core personalities (or even DNA)?

I'll leave you to answer and ponder these questions, and maybe later I'll post my thoughts on the subject.