[Porsche-O-Phile]

As the costs associated with conventional educational delivery methods skyrocket, I think a lot more self-directed study and/or web-based study is inevitable. It is simply a staggering cost to have a huge, well-equipped school in every town in America. The operating costs are enormous. A lot of high schools now are literally like college campuses too - there's an "arms race" between communities to build bigger, more elaborate, more expensive and expansive campus-like schools to attract people to live there. Yes, I really see this happening.

It'd be nice if we dialed back the spending on facilities and personnel and pension obligations and put it into the content of the education, which can be delivered via simple books, online web pages or lectures. Most of the rest is just fluff, IMHO.