[bojan]

Marc,
I really do admire you for what you have done for yourself - but you can't apply this scheme to everybody else - if you try to do it, it may sound quite arrogant.
Majority of people need guidance - and this is missing here, on the large scale.
While I personally do not think much of churches and religions, even that is better than what those kids in UK have now.
A friend of mine (still living in London) has a son.. and he was telling us of what they learn in schools (public).
I can tell you , both my wife and me were absolutely horrified when we hear about the volume and quality..
When I asked him "OK, public education sucks.. why not send him to private school?"
His answer was "well, he will not be happy if he is among upper class.. and it's expensive. So let him be happy".
His son today doesn't have and specific skills, he used to work low paid jobs like photocopying in banks , mail and so on.. he is active Chelsea supporter (football club), he goes regularly to local pub with his mates for glass of Guinness and this is his world today.. he is lucky perhaps and this way of thinking worked for him because he is not very clever and not aggressive neither he was ever ambitious (not sure what is happening when his club wins or loses) , so he is happy ..
But for others... it is a trap.
And only a few (possibly including yourself) can clearly see what is good for them and what is not and even only a small subset of those can actually do something about it and pull themselves out. .