This Is Broken.

This lovely picture would be the lever in the bed of my truck. Apparently, the makers of the car intended for people to be conveniently trapped inside it. What I don't understand is how someone could crawl all the way in the back and have the tailgate shut on them. Maybe they were preparing for small children. In that case, the lever is very hard to pull on and it takes some strength to push the cover off (yes, I tried).
On a more serious topic, school is, in a sense, broken. The goal of schooling is to prepare us for our future jobs and to equip us enough in life. Two things: 1) In school, they do not put us out into situations that we will have to face in the future. Most students will never face a real-life problem involving a job, decision-making. I view math necessary, but I've never been taught how to balance a checkbook, how to manage my money, or how taxes work, 2) They're not teaching students what we want to learn. Obviously the basic things are necessary: reading, writing, math, social sciences. But if a student is especially equipped for art, there are only so many art-related classes the student can take. They have to juggle their gift with other classes. Yes, we need the necessary teachings, but we also need more of what we want. There needs to be a more personalized path, rather than a general path everyone has to follow.