There is nothing that can be learned in school that can't be learned elsewhere

I keep saying it. There is nothing that can be learned in school that can't be learned elsewhere. Perhaps I should take some time to explain it.

Where did teachers learn something? Supposedly from their teachers. How about those teachers? You could still argue it was from their teachers. How about that first teacher? It had to have been somewhere else.

Schools are built around the idea of transferring skills and knowledge. Everything must be learned that first time before it can be transferred through the schools. What this ultimately means is that absolutely everything had to have been learned outside of a formal schooling environment before they can be taught in school. Even if you believe the schools improve the learning, none of it is impossible elsewhere.

Yes, what I'm saying includes professions such as doctors. Doctors actually predate teaching, so it's kind of ridiculous to insist there couldn't be doctors without teachers. Unfortunately, there are serious obstacles to becoming a doctor without the schools. Among these obstacles is the need to gain hands-on experience. It's possible for aspiring doctors to dig up corpses to train, but that's going way too far. Even if they did, there's no way to prove their ability without resorting to outright lies. As of right now, there is no possible way for an honorable doctor to enter the profession without embracing formal schooling.

There's actually a pretty serious problem here. What if someone would make an incredible doctor but a lousy student? Should that individual be deprived of an opportunity to pursue an area of strength due to an unrelated area of weakness? The truth is that we need an alternative pathway into the profession. Because I'm not a medical expert myself, I probably shouldn't be responsible for creating that pathway. That doesn't mean that an alternative pathway can't exist. Personally, I think alternative pathways should exist.