They learn to regurgitate the answers the state wants them to give, and any attempt to be an individual is now grounds for suspicion of being a member of the trench coat mafia. So kids learn to submerge every personal expression. They learn that it is better to get along so as to get along. They learn that rocking the boat could rock them right out of school. Don't question authority. Do as you are told. Don't think, just do what I tell you. Oh, and have a good, productive life as an active, well-adjusted participant in our thriving democracy!”