I didnt learn anything of much value in school. However I disagree on the value of education. To me, a proper education includes subjects like philosophy, classics and history. These subjects are not studied at a lot of schools and children leave with no idea of what wisdom is or how to ask critical questions. Maths and English are all very well, but most of it like you say is junk, teach a child why Socrates only asked questions, and why he had to take his own life because of it.