[Old Professer]

My opinion of public schools is that they operate from a flawed premise; they begin by placing all the students of a certain age in a setting where they can be reached by pouring knowledge down upon them as much as if I were to place all the pots from my kitchen cabinets on the floor and then turn the garden hose loose to rain into all.

When, after a great part of the floor is covered in water and all the smaller-capacity pans are full, I turn off the water and stand in wonder that I have so many half-full pans and so much unused water on the floor.

[webstersII]

"My opinion of public schools is that they operate from a flawed premise"

I love your analogy in this post.