Kids are hardwired to love learning, they will never stop asking questions and exploring the world.
Schools quash that curious spirit. They put kids in a boring, prison-like, highly regimented environment that seeks to teach discipline and obedience to the status quo. Don't think, accept your role in the capitalist machine. If you are bullied, no one will help you, but if you fail to complete work you will be punished. Most of all, get used to not owning most of your time.
Take note of this and try to rekindle your child-like curiousity and love of learning. Ask yourself, do you still have questions about the universe you forgot to ask as a child? Read about the planets, the stars, microbes, machines. But most importantly, do it at your own pace and do it because you still have questions. Not to pass some test, but for you.
Isn't the modern school system some preWW1 german shit to train soldiers?
There have been a ton of meaningful reforms since that model was instituted. Now if only we could give the teachers who were trained under some of the older systems the boot and have the dept of ed actually let us use the stuff we learn in school more often. Like there are so many evidence based strategies out there that are so difficult to do anything with if you’re in an Adopt school for Common Core instead of an Adapt school