Kids would be carried to a closed place where they would be forced to sit still all day. Another group of adults would be determined to be the guards. Kids would not be allowed to do what they feel like doing, even if it were a very useful thing (e.g. reading a book of their own choosing), but they'd be forced to do what the guards tell them. There would be a pressure punishment system, publicly assigning symbols representing a kid's well-doing, per the rules laid out by the guards. This would go on day after day, for many years. Just imagine, what would happen? - Philipp Lenssen

I participated in that for 13 years. It was pretty awful. - Paul Buchheit

What do you mean Paul? - Itachi

I'm guessing he was talking about schools, like Philipp was. - Ed Millard

For only 13 years though? (er, silly me, forgot that the fact you graduate at 18 doesn't mean you spent your entire life till then in it....although it may feel like it sometimes) - Itachi

In the U.S. 12 grades plus kindergarten is common. I assume he considered it a jail break to make it to university - Ed Millard

I don't :( It's significantly better, yes, but still sucks if you're a minor - Itachi

I mostly didn't show up to class in college, so it wasn't much of a prison, and I actually liked it to some extent. - Paul Buchheit

I thought the point of the Stanford prison experiment was what it turned the "guards" into. Not sure what that says about teachers. - Nick Lothian

For some reason teachers and parents don't become as cruel as prison guards. I think it has to do with external inputs. The Stanford experiment was essentially a closed system, while the outside world is open and might not have the same feedback loops. - Gabe

Case wasn't that bad... we had fiber! - Eric Borisch