I dunno. Everyone is different, but for me at least, there is a very big difference between studying things on my own and being physically at a school with someone who's an expert to guide me. I can learn on my own, but the going is slow and oftentimes I miss things or lose interest.

Additionally, university teaches you discipline, which is an important skill that needs to be learned the hard way. I'm still lacking, but I've definitely gained discipline in school.

when it comes to learning, schools touch upon subjects that are actually important in life - human rights, day-to-day human psychology, first aid, personal finances etc. - too rarely, and such school are too far apart to make a big difference. Instead, students are forced to study subjects that often bear no significance to their afterwards life.

aye

Certainly, knowing basic physics and mathematics is very important for everybody, but anything further ought to left for advanced ("profile", as it's called in Russia) studying for students who want to learn it on their own because they're interested.

basic physics and mathematics is all that is taught in secondary schools, at least in America. It's just that physics and mathematics are such vast fields that even the most basic stuff takes years to learn properly.