I agree, and being personally in the process now I find that it's quite near impossible to break away from the beaten path that private and public schools alike direct us to. It's insensible for someone who has experienced so little (relative to how much there really is to experience) to be able to decide what they want to dedicate themselves to.
I've spoken with a woman who grew up in Germany. It's policy there to take a test at the age of twelve to determine what field of work you will go into. Score high on the test, be educated to have a high paying job that works with science/math. Score low and become educated in crafts of the hand, which tend to pay lower. It's crazy that your life is heavily influenced from such an early age there.
Why not? Edit: I misread, I thought you said it isn't a good thing that international students are coming.