For this I was labelled a rebel. Instead of labelling me a rebel troublemaker, they could have focused on my individuality and my potential for leadership and entertainment. They failed me miserably. I am lucky, I found a way to turn it round thanks to the many self growth programmes I have taken. This is crap education promoted and encouraged by generations of governments and compliant voters.
Schools place far too much importance on academic achievement.
Parents, many of them ignorant themselves of what makes up good education, berate their kids for not passing exams and encourage them to swot, memorising fact after fact. Some parents remember their own awful experiences at school and conspire with their kids to play truant. And most of the kids who don't succeed academically, are discarded as no-hopers. It's time for an alternative curriculum. Facts about anything and everything are freely available in libraries and more so now on the internet.