My feeling is that many of the people which did not benefit tend to “generalise from one example” and assume that’s true for most kids.
Actually, I (despite being generally pro-schooling) would say something stronger than you: there is a minority of people who are actually harmed by school compared to a reasonable counterfactual (e.g. home-schooling for some). Plus, many kids can see easily where the system is failing them, less easily where it’s working.
My feeling is that many of the people which did not benefit tend to “generalise from one example” and assume that’s true for most kids. Actually, I (despite being generally pro-schooling) would say something stronger than you: there is a minority of people who are actually harmed by school compared to a reasonable counterfactual (e.g. home-schooling for some). Plus, many kids can see easily where the system is failing them, less easily where it’s working.