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Schools are no longer about education and learning. They are conformity factories.



Yep Chad, I suppose there might be a kernel of truth in this statement of yours here, BUT as Dave and Rich and Scott have already mentioned earlier in this thread, the reason for THIS is probably NOT nearly the complete fault of the public institutions involved in educating the American youth of today, but is IN FACT most likely the fault of all those kids who's PARENTS have failed to instill in their offspring the concept of modicum "conformity" to the idea of decorum in a public environment, such as in a CLASSROOM! And thus it has been left TO those institutions to waste their time in "enlightening" the little darlings to THIS social concept.

And so, the NEXT time you might wish to express your dismay at those in the institutions charged with educating the youth of today, you MAY wish to instead entertain the thought of addressing these concerns of yours directly to all your neighbors and fellow citizens who apparently haven't a clue about how raise THEIR children in a proper manner, which DOES mean to certain extent and in some respect to "CONFORM" their behavior to standards conducive to the process of learning.

(...OH, and btw, I'm a graduate of a California public high school in the year 1970, and in MY day, boy's haircuts could NOT be over their collar, their sideburns could NOT be further down the side of their faces than their earlobes, no facial hair was allowed, AND you could NOT wear bluejeans to school...yep, talk about "how times have changed, EH?!...let ALONE the idea of "comformity"!!!)