Did your education at school teach you pretty much everything you needed to know, or did you learn more outside of school?

In my case, it's the latter. I can barely recall anything of true importance that I learned at school, beyond basic grammar and math. English, for instance, is not even my first language, and while school did help me to learn it a bit, it was mostly outside of school I've gotten better at it. I've learned new words from rather unexpected sources, like the word "dripping" from a Viva La Bam episode that I was watching with french subtitles.

Basically, if I'd stuck with what I learned at school, and wasn't an intellectually curious guy, I feel that my english, and my knowledge of things in general, would be limited today.

So, how good do you think the educational system is at, well, educating?