It is NOT to prepare a child for college.

It it NOT to prepare a child for a career.

It is NOT to prepare a child for a family.

Plenty of children go to college and were never prepared for adulthood.

Plenty of children go into careers, but were never prepared for adulthood.

Plenty of children start a family, but were never prepared for adulthood.

The goal of an education is to prepare a child for adulthood.