“Is it any wonder they are bored, frustrated, angry, troubled and poorly educated
and that, occasionally, some of them engage in desperate acts of destruction? “ Thomas Szasz is still at it! With Friends Like These, Pity America’s Kids: “In words and deeds, young people today tell us that they do not like being
patronized, made to feel useless and baby-sat in day-care prisons called “schools.”
School administrators, teachers, child psychiatrists, child psychologists, social
workers, grief counselors, pharmaceutical companies and the many other
businesses that profit from the education racket are not the friends of children as
they proclaim. The economic and existential self-interests of these do-gooders are
inimical to real education and rational discipline.” LA Times