The world was my oyster?
Being fluent in Shakespeare would've made not one iota of difference to my post-school life.
My high school education was a dismal failure.
They had me for 6 years, one year repeated
They taught me nothing useful.
French...long way to Paris.
Latin...only good for doctors.
They should've taught me cooking and self sufficiency.
I was totally unprepared for life after school.
I would've been better off leaving school at 'primary' level, age 12, and being home schooled in basic english, basic maths, geography, basic history, ...latin, french, maths 1, maths 2, chemistry, physics were useless to me in the real world of employment.
Parallel lines, a square, a rectangle, a triangle, a right angle...all I needed to know.
"There is a solar system, stars, planets and meteors...simple science.
This is called a wheel, and is man's greatest invention."
Only 20% of students went to university, they were usually from the "A" class, some from "B" class.