School is a place to store children so adults can work. It just so happens to also be a decent place to learn. Remember the order of priorities

Life should be a challenge. It's good for your character. - Rich nepo-babies, with no character.

To be fair this culture of overworking yourself to a point of counterproductivity like that isn't exclusive to America. Japan and Korea come to mind as being even worse. But yeah, seriously, that's no excuse.

How is this an American priority problem? This is, like, (with some exceptions) a worldwide approach to schooling. European schools start early too, Asian schools still have homework.... It's a world priority problem?

Religion fucks everything up always

It is not puritanical, it's labour slavers. Neither work nor school exists for our benefit. They both exist to benefit the powerful and they will reshape both to manage their power as they see fit.

Can't just let the common folk run amok.

So many Americans think it all started in 1620 with the Mayflower landing at Plymouth Rock, when in fact 13 years earlier it began with the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. And we gloss over the beginning of slavery in American in 1619. Yes, slavery beat the famous religious landing by a whole year.

So our revisionist history started very early.

I wish it was just 'that godforsaken country'. I wish.

Don't forget profits. Stocks go brrrr.

The purpose is to make Americans dumber in public schools. It has nothing to do with puritanical whatever the fuck.

Americans are too dumb now to even know WHY they’re dumb. 🥰😂🍿

Who the hell is evoking the Puritans?!

Don't say that word three times in a mirror.

It’s incredible how little historical/geographic context that Americans maintain.