The Irony of Education

I can't exactly point out one reason as to why we take education for granted; but perhaps it could be because not that we are spoiled as a society because even those who do not own much [physically]tend to miss class and school... But perhaps it's because we are arrogant as a society and feel that education or learning can wait for us. Or maybe we feel that learning is always taking place- so why go to school?
Perhaps it's because we think *what* we learn in school, is not going to pertain to anything we will do outside of it. Like knowing how to find the area of a bus or how to find the parabole in the route of a taxi might not help some people outside of school- so they choose not to learn it.

I think north america has a more "laid back" view of education and what is going on, while other societies tend to be more direct and serious about learning- I can't pin point one overall reason as to why we take advantage of education but we most certainly do. Petrhaps that is why our economy is so bad? Probably not, just simply venting...