The formal education system at the university level in any of those countries, to me, seems like the exact opposite type of education this article so highly touts. Not only that, but those universities are typically attended much later in life at a time when most children could have already experienced exceptional growth. I'm having a hard time seeing the parallel between your thought / decision-making process and the article.
Yes, I define the long term goal to be attending university and take it backwards from there.
I would like to avoid the kid moving nations at age 18 to attend a university abroad.
The parallel is that I am aiming at something below excellence and how the world is changing.I think the paths of the past are npt necessarily as rigid any more, some things have changed and fully copying others success paths does not guarantee results, there should be some flexibility I think.
Looking back at the way its changed since I finished education, things are changing slow, only Covid made an artificial push forcing companies to start accepting remote intverviews from a to z and remote work.