Reply #7: I love learning too..

[Fumesucker]

But I hate regimentation, I found school to be mind numbingly boring and the social aspect was even worse.

I guess you missed my very recent Chomsky OP..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6760243

"The whole educational and professional training system is a very elaborate filter, which just weeds out people who are too independent"

Edited to add: It should come as no surprise to you that the USA has the highest incarceration rate in the world, bar absolutely none.

As someone who loves learning you should be able to put the pieces of this remarkably simple and yet strangely obscure puzzle together at least as well as I.

And a couple of more minor points, my post was at least partially snark.. And.. lemmings don't really march off the cliffs in lockstep as is thought in popular culture. Which was another level of snark too..