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Modern American Secondary Education has made the "High School" into the social life of the teenage class. Kids who have no interest in education will keep coming back to school just because they get a place to hang out with others, a stage for their cuteness, and all kinds of supporting entertainment.

One thing I noticed in Germany was that kids were in and out of school very quickly. They'd be on their way about 7:30 and they'd be coming home about 1 PM. In that time they'd pack in all the classes. There was no lunchroom, no buses, no sports teams. It was an educational institution. Those other things were provided by their communities, in the context of the community.

There's wisdom in going to a straight education model. For one thing, it forces parents to deal with their own kids' free time. It forces them to get involved in those lives.

Let's make the educational institution strictly for education. Get rid of all the trappings to include the lunchroom. You get about a 30-40 minute information dump, you go to the next class, etc., and then you go home and let your parents deal with your hormones and your social entertainment needs.

Let's make the educational institution strictly for education. Get rid of all the trappings to include the lunchroom. You get about a 30-40 minute information dump, you go to the next class, etc., and then you go home and let your parents deal with your hormones and your social entertainment needs.

Indeed. That would put the responsibility where it belongs and save a lot of money for the taxpayers in the process...