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Students are not free to leave and will literally be thrown in a cage for truancy if they do. They don't choose the curriculum, don't get to choose who they work with, and are frequently submitted to dehumanizing treatment like having to ask permission to use the restroom.

What more could you ask for in a prison?

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Very few countries jail children for simple truancy. Most will let you opt out of the system if you can prove you're maintaining standards in the process and not homeschooling for abusive purposes.

I bet you also think taxation is theft and Ayn Rand is a great author.

I hope you never see a real prison. I'm serious about this. They are horrifying.

Sure, just like I hope you never see a real slave. I am serious about this. It's horrifying.

By the way, what do you call a well-treated slave?

Me too? I also hope that I never encounter slavery in real life?

It does happen, and if I did meet someone that was forced into slavery, I would hope that I could find help?

If anything I was defending public school? What the hell are you talking about?

Here's a real prison. Notice how much more freedom the prisoners have compared to students in school.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MauMiCL7G9Y

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