Schools boring. It seems that even though the material may be interesting the way it is presented is awful. Students are handed a book and taught by teachers that read the book to them, not actually teaching the material to them. The grades of the students show it. If a student gets a B in the class which is an 80% they are missing 20% of the material and we have become OK with that. This system is destroying futures by crushing them before they get going. We are assigned endless homework assignments night after night, and if you miss one day or don't understand we get stuck.

Ken Robinson brings up a good point in the video
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html

Dan Meyers Does to in this video
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover.html