The main problem that one is faced with when one is interested in various subjects is how to understand all these subjects and at the same time maintain a decent amount of interest in it. Reading a dry, boring text is, something, I think, that is better reserved for those who should be tortured. There is nothing more painful than boredom, besides, of course, physical pain and other psychic and emotional ones.
So this inquiry can be reduced to the question of how one can avoid boredom. Because, personally, I think boredom is the main reason why people get a bad impresssion of learning which they associate with formal education. People don't easily recognize that what they are taught in school is no the way that learning should be. Learning should not be mindless consumption of useless facts that the state bureaucracy finds and judges important for children, teenagers and people to know.
If one really wants to know about something, then one must find out the answers for himself. And the only useful purpose of schooling that I can think of is to develop this interest in the individual so that he can transcend the confines of the walls of the institution and go learn something that is truly relevant to his life.
Politics should be taught in school. Not who the presidents were. When they started their regime and when it ended. Children should be taught the basics of political thoughts such as socialism, communism, anarchism and democracy and they should not be told that one is essentially better than the other. Religions of peace, particularly Buddhism should be taught so that children will develop a sense of how to find peace of mind.
Current events are also important. One must teach to children the implications of the events that are happening around them.
lastly, if the student, the child, does not want to learn, then he must not be forced to.
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