Teenage unhappiness largely comes from adults abandoning economically unnecessary adolescents in confined schools with nothing real to do, not hormones.

If teenage misery is physiological, it should be universal. Are Mongol nomads all nihilists?

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Some children are trained to find correct answers. Others are trained to please people.

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School cruelty and boredom share a root: institutions without meaningful purposes force students…

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Bullies often do not hate their target. They need someone the group can chase together.

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When schools lack meaningful purpose, students create hierarchies through popularity and social…

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A peer culture left to self-organize inside a custodial institution can become barbaric and…

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Should smart children join mainstream peers? Nonconformity may reflect the group’s irrationality,…

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Misrule breeds rebellion, but authorities often blame drugs instead of confronting school life's…

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