square wrote:

Time for a handy High-Street comparison chart:

Prison	School
Constant threat of being shanked	Constant threat of being shanked
Bars on windows	Bars on windows
Lousy cafeteria food	Lousy cafeteria food you have to pay for
Surrounded by proven-dangerous misfits	Surrounded by hormonal teens
Ever-present armed security personnel	Occasionally-present ineffective security personnel
Massive overcrowding	Massive overcrowding
Daily stint in exercise yard	P.E. program eliminated from curriculum
Conjugal visits	Conjugal visits result in statutory rape charge
Social control by gangs	Social control by gangs
Bargain tattoos	Bargain drugs

Did I miss any?

May I pass this on to a whole new generation coming into their own in HS?  yes.  Yes I will.