Leave the kids alone

I extracted an idea from John D. Cook blog on standardised education issue. I think he has an intelligent point here. "As someone who has studied education policy quite a bit, I feel the need to attach all sorts of qualifications to this argument.
1. Not everyone can make a living following their early passions.
2. Many people in this country, even adults, struggle with reading because their schools and parents didn’t focus enough attention on making sure they learned it when they were young.
3. We can have more standardization (of a certain type) and more personalization at the same time."

Certain measures of standardisation is indebatebly essential in many education systems around the world.