>Do you think we should do the same with adults? Many of these arguments are also used by proponents of military service.

I'm well aware. There is an irony to the arguments I make, because I also detest the idea of forced erasure of identity.

Military service? No. I would be in favor of some 1-yr mandatory civil service. I believe its important to interact with all classes of the society you inhabit. How else can you gain true perspective if you only live in a bubble? Life is about being uncomfortable.

>The funny thing about school is that almost no adults would be willing to be subjected to it.

Its interesting you say this, because at the same time we see adults also long for their school days as they grow to hate the 40 hour work week. Now it could be that what they really long for is childhood and youth, but people also long for their college days as well. They long for the environment where they freely mingled with people of their age, and the camaraderie they established in their "shared suffering". They miss structured periods like "recess" and "lunch" or "gym class", even though as an adult you can do these things freely.