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Isn't that what twelve years of primary and secondary education are supposed to accomplish?
I don't think too much choice is the problem at all. Kids should be allowed and encouraged to make their own choices -- but they should also be made to understand that every choice they'll ever make in their life comes with consequences. And a little instruction in humility wouldn't hurt either.
I'm all for the idea of two years' compulsory national service, no exemptions. I don't mean the military, necessarily -- there's a lot of good that could be accomplished by bringing back the CCC. Kids should be required to spend some time working side by side with people of very different classes and backgrounds than themselves. With as much talk as there is about "diversity" today, I think it's safe to say there are millions of middle-and-upper-middle-class kids today who've never actually had a conversation with a working class person. A society that's that insular is a long long way from being able to congratulate itself on how "diverse" it is.
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