School is not cool - Hobo or sum

These schools are blissfully unaware of the depression that runs throughout their district like the water system

Lol

Schools have got a lot to answer for

Well, life when people grow up is very hard and challenging. So schools making their studies challenging is teaching the greatest lesson of all. Life is hard.

I doubt it's the schools depressing teens

It’s so you don’t breed like rabbits. Otoh a little “extracurricular activity” is probably a preferred coping mechanism anyway

Your life is going to have lots of “fake difficulty” for one reason — so you’ll have fewer kids