If thats what their trying to do they are failing miserably, most public school kids I have seen don't give a damn about the state and wouldn't piss on it if it were on fire.
Maybe not, but they are eager consumers, compliant workers and obedient soldiers - which is more to the point.
Eager consumers I can agree with, but eager workers? not so much, most of these kids are spoiled and lazy.
Well, I said 'compliant', not 'eager'. For the most part, they accept their role. They're content to consign themselves to a lifetime of debt, which ties them to work they hate. The most important lessons of public education are conformity and acceptance of authority. Phony celebrations of 'individuality' to the contrary, public schools are there to prevent too many people from thinking 'outside the box'.