Do not leave that kid alone

I have come to the conclusion that schools have got it right.

They teach kids whatever are the currently accepted and conservative set of
truths.

They also do not promote questioning or critique except those that are currently accepted as historical developments that led to the currently accepted and conservative set of truths.

Then the handful of rebels that see through the hypocrisy rattle around in their cages and eventually retire to trailer parks.

Or, if mildly organised, become academics that rattle around in their cages and eventually retire to bungalow parks.

Thus the value of the new is confined to productivity gains and the cost of the new is constrained to the margins, as it should be.