Religion and education should be seperated

I come from Turkey and have had religion lessons about Islam since primary school. The teachers talked about heaven, hell and how God is superior and we should obey what Quran says, or we would be punished. As a result, I was a Muslim, which was really scared of hell and committing sins until high school, a time at which I finally was able to overcome my fear of hell and stop believing. It is so annoying how they force Islam on kids inducing fear and the hope of being rewarded.

In my opinion, kids should be free to decide what religion they want to believe in, or if they want to believe at all. To teach Islam at such a young age that makes children really easy to influence is literally the same as brainwashing. If religion is going to be introduced, it should only be in high school, where young people are more mature and more likely to make their own decisions. And of course, all religions (including the ones such as Buddhism and Taoism) should be handled equally. If young people choose Islam after that, they have my total respect.

I also found out that there is an abundance of Christian schools in US. To the people who went to these kinds of schools (primary, secondary or high school),what was your experience with religion and Christianity? How is religion handled in school? Anybody else who are outside of the US but received education about religion at young ages are also welcome to answer my questions.