Asimov banged out a routine short story "The Fun They Had" in the 50s that went viral and became a classic because it was about a kid getting personalized education from an AI in the future who pines for the lost ancient tradition of classrooms and schoolyardshttps://twitter.com/mrmedina/status/1248018124730806272 …
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I remember OITNB hit this theme, that prison is as deliberately dysfunctional and awful a social environment as you can imagine and yet after one week in the SHU being out among all the dickheads and assholes is like heaven, like being resurrected from the grave
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American schooling seems to have some weird thunderdome characteristics that simply aren't present elsewhere TBH.
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As Arthur alludes to, the only adult social environment that really approximates it is prison.
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yeah we're used to our own poop pile
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