Visual Metaphor

High school education is like being taught to think outside the box. There is nothing creative going on, and you are routinely running around the racetrack of tests and work and information, not really encouraged to think critically or creatively. 




I want to use the two visual metaphors of a racetrack and a box to convey the idea that I am trying to get across. 

The phrase "think outside the box" is something that we hear all the time, but it's a nice visual clue that we already familiar with. The idea of being holed inside a box (especially while running around and around on a track, going nowhere linearly), gives off the idea that  unimaginative, repetitive tasks lead nowhere.