Is there a potential problem being stored up for people if 'education' is tailored to fit into their cultural and personal preferences?

Of course there would be a problem, because people won't be able to then cope with change or alternatives to their own preferences. There will be no balance if people only learn about what they want to learn, and will consequently become culturally naive and misguided.

I think that for most people the idea of learning about other cultures and cultural practices is incredibly important to their education, not only does it have the potential to make people more balanced individuals, but the fact that today we are living in a multicultural society, surely it makes the world a more equal place?

I know alot of people and had alot of friends who didn't see the point in learning a foreign language whilst at school. While this was their preference, it seems there is now a regret as this has cost some of them the chance to get a job they wanted, simply because of their learning preferences at 14 years old. If it was complusorary to learn a language maybe they would have that job....

In a general sense, this would surely mean there would be a divide between the levels of education in schools worldwide. Not everyone is motivated enough to be able to have there own learning preferences, therefore a lot of people would be cut adrift as a result.

And how would it even be possible to teach everyone based on their own cultural and learning preferences, as some would benefit from experiments, some from exams and others from using technology.

Strange example to use, I know, but, if a shepard decided to let all his sheep out and gave them the freedom to roam where they wanted and take their own course in life, how would he ever be able to round them up again? The sheep would be at different stages, levels and wouldn't survive as a group if this was the case. Human education would suffer in the same way.

Instead of having individual preferences, you need a balance of different learning styles, such as tv, websites, books etc, so that people have the freedom to learn the best way they can. But there still needs to be restricitons around this, so that education isn't tailor made for certain people and not others. Some would become lazy, some empowered and others wouldn't know what to do!