When I was in highschool, I transfered to a different school at the end of my sophmore year. The first school I attended, was your normal city school. 3,000+ students, run of the mill classes etc...
The second school I attended, had around 140 students, and classes on whatever you wanted to learn about. You still had to get math credit etc... but if you wanted to learn about something, and there was no class dealing with it, you were allowed to create your own class, and teach it, along with one of the schools teachers for credit, or, you could create an independant class, and make your own assignments, get them approved by staff and get credit for completeing the class. It was the best school I ever went to, and it was the most challenging. people would show up expecting it to be easy, and be gone as quick as they came. I learned far more at that school in 1 year than I would have in 4 years at the other school.

anyway, I say that, to post this.... http://youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY&feature=related

what do you folks think about this whole topic?
do you think a complete overhaul of our approach to education would be a good idea?