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> But the reason why so many historical figures were tutored or homeschooled is because there was no adequate public education system.

By definition no public school can be as good as anything Russell got. Russell had the privilege of his brother teaching him geometry and hence set him on his path to mathematical greatness. He came from a distinguished family. No public education can replicate the personal 1 to 1 knowledge transfer/education.

> None of the members of the class had been taught to be industrious

Yes. It's why people like Russell, Darwin, Turing, etc had the time to work on non-industrious subjects. If darwin, russell or turing were industrious, nobody would be talking about them today.

Public education system was created firstly to produce obedient soldiers for the state and secondly to provide drones for factories.



Darwin and Turing went to school.




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