We cannot allow schools to continue. Adults have forgotten what it’s like to be in school, the rules, the discipline, the motivational speeches, the scary atmosphere, and not a single person thinking “You are always allowed to make decisions for yourself without shame. You can leave this room at will.” It’s not just a matter of reducing workload and school time; people are just playing on their phones after school, hiding from trauma and feelings of self-doubt. Kids are adults, and the worst kids are adults who happen to drink too much. People need to stop thinking reflexively of school, of “the habit and spirit of discipline,” of reprimands and punishments. People should study at home and maybe go to some near-random classes on some near-random days just out of necessity and without threat of punishment. You should just hold the other person, ask him what learning content he thinks will be useful to him, ask him how he is feeling recently, remind him to do something he really needs to do, lie next to him playing on his phone, and ask him “Do you want me to remind you? ” You give a lot, but you are his roommate, a really close roomate. If you really become his roommate, he will love you naturally. If people have to know math or something before going to college, then just study a few more years before going to college, or just skip a lot of stuff that is useless and you don’t want to learn.

At least try it. Give it some time.