I always remember Nick Cage's line from Snake Eyes when local cops tell him he can't force a stadium full of people to wait in line and give testimony one by one:
Teachers don't teach to educate, they teach to the test.
If it's on the test you learn about it if it's not on the test you don't learn about it. This results in Americans who think that Australia is in Europe. Because the test never asks the question, they never learned the answer.
There is no room for original thought in that system. If one has the capacity for independent thought that's something they had despite education not because of it.
I had a seldom few teachers that really cared about me and left a positive impression on me as a student. So I model my teaching style after how loved they made me feel and how much I learned from them as a result. My students and their parents greatly appreciate me. Schools (coughbusinesses selling educationcough) can barely tolerate me.