Are we all the same?

Two days ago I switched from Cable company to Fios. I have to learn all about my new channels and services. So two days in a raw I am waking up to watch Pilates and Yoga. I love my new possibilities :) Today I am watching "What's the Alternative?" about treating different people with the same conditions using different methods. They discuss the natural ways to treat skin condition using household products. The doctor explained that different people develop similar health problem, but cannot be treated the same. They cannot even have the same diet or exercise routine. This broadcast made me thinking about the other areas of our lives. The same idea I heard from the financial consultant yesterday. She said: Trust your gut, do not listen to what other people tell you to do, only follow the advices if your gut tells you it's good advice or it is good for You. There is an entire field of research. Their advisers, after testing, tell you what kind of a job will make you happy and complete person. Some really good guidance counselors in high schools test the students before helping them to apply for a college. Most woman's magazines give you advices on how to listen to yourself and be different. Now I am thinking of our education system :( and realize again and again that as always we are behind the rest of the areas of our life. Even worse. If the rest of the world is rushing forward with new individualized technology, new individualized testing and treatments, and exercises, and financial portfolios, and cars and houses. Everything in our lives is individualized except what you are doing at school. The funniest thing is that they tell you that they prepare you for a job place and then make you do everything opposite to what you will be required at any job place. Ha-ha-ha-ha. You will chose a job you want to do - at school you have to learn what the State requires you to learn. You will be able to quit if you are not happy at work or ask for a raise at least - if you decide to quit school before a specific age the court will make you go there and police will escort you to your classes or threaten you parents with neglect charges. You have rights at any work place: if you are sick you can take sick-day, you have meetings where you voice you concerns, there is a procedure to make complaints and grievances - school has such powers over the children that even parents are not able to fight for their kids rights. I do not want to go into details here, but those who experienced that know what I am talking about. And at the end the students are required to take all the same tests at the same time and excel in all areas of their study. This one is the worst because it takes the individuality out of the question completely. The politicians are preparing new regulations to strip any individuality off of our kids in the future. They call it higher standards. They don't even try to pretend that they will take individual needs of a student into consideration. Everybody has to fit the "Standard". I want to ask you, where are standards in the chaos of life? How do we prepare the kids to their adult lives by making them to fit the "standard"? How can we bring up happy individuals by suppressing individuality from such a young age? How can they become independent individuals if they are only taught to be like the rest of the class? You see, this new channels I have on my Fios really made me thinking :) and they say that TV is not good for you :) I'll never agree to that hahahahahaaaaaa