>>152878I remember being in third grade and thinking this exact thing and looking at the seagulls during recess and being jealous that they can just fly away to anywhere.
Then like talking to kids at school I thought I was odd for thinking that since no one else seemed to mind school as much as I did.
But later I thought about the prison analogy again and it made even more sense: it's authoritarian, promotes individualism (no collaborating on assignments, that's CHEATING), uses negative reinforcement (punishment) to teach, and the whole thing is set up as obedience training for being a wage cuck later in life without really the option to leave.