Education or Brainwash?

I do not think that schools brainwash its students, because you are not obligated to keep everything you learn in your head. In the contrary, I think that school teach us many things that are interesting and maybe useful in the future. In the other hand, self-directed learning can be a good thing, but it cannot be your only source of learning. In my opinion, school offers guidance and knowledge, and you can do what you want with it. As to what extent should education take it's form, I think that it should be as long as the person learning wants to keep learning.