haha. You're amusing, Dogplatter.
I was a little put off by the education-related questions myself.
If the education system were for equipping us with jobs, we'd be living in more of a socialist state like Russia or China, where our talents are monitered as we age, and are given appropriate jobs. In ways, sounds kind of barbaric, but most people I've talked to in that situation don't mind a whole lot. People like their minds made up for them.
The prime directive of the education system is for education.
The one about making classroom attendance compulsory kind of bothered me too. I can't count how many times I've sat through classes, already knowing the subject in great detail and could have easily tested out if given the option. I don't think attendance should be forced, if students can demonstrate being able to understand the subject, and/or can demonstrate the ability to learn the subject themselves (i.e. independant study). I don't like the idea of standardizing the schools, as everyone learns at different rates and with different methods.