Chat to any spirited teen and it’s clear schools are like medieval villages run by humourless priests. Independent thought threatens, and wherever you turn and whatever you say, eyes are upon you, looking for heresy. But their priestly overstepping may well have created responses they will not like.
The first is greater parental interest in the detailed content and language of classroom activities.
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