[quote=@catchamber] Brainwashing and keeping kids busy long enough for them and their parents to make money for the state that repeatedly robs them through taxes. [/quote] As true as that is, we really should re-evaluate the education system. If the left constantly complains about how the education in a homogenous authoritarian state like Singapore or Finland is better, they make the snap decision to have an authoritarian left education system. Perhaps what they're missing (and what Trump is getting right, for once) is that Washington shouldn't meddle with education. Since the education tax money seems to be going to vouchers and libraries instead of corrupt leftist unions and Common Core principles, I think there's a good chance that our education system will actually do something in the long run.