This is programmed into as a child. It's your operating system as a future worker, to be used by your future manager. Days of the week, standing in line, sitting quietly, not complaining. It starts out as fun, a game in pre-school, but then...

This obedience-training is the main point of school, certainly not developing creativity and initiative.

There are school-like places where children are free to do what they like. Free to play, free to fail. Check out Sudbury Valley School. It's an international movement. See the new book "Free to Learn".