How much do you think our school system is to blame for much of the anti social behaviour we see from British kids?

Posted by aquafrizzantesv@reddit | AskABrit | View on Reddit | 487 comments

I am not saying all kids, there are lots of nice ones out there, but there are so many roadmen kids, kids who hang out in gangs and harass people and commit petty crimes, etc. I am talking like 13-17 year olds. I thought this was normal until I made friends with some people who had just moved here from Sweden, USA, Finland, and France and they were all shocked at what they saw kids doing and their behaviour. I was like, "isn't that what kids all around the world do, though?" And they were all just like, "NO! Absolutely not!" They acknowledged that yes, some kids acted like that, but not in the numbers we have. I lived in Italy for a year and while maybe there was the odd gang and and something, the kids were SOOOO well behaved and straight laced compared to the British ones. We have been told that British school children are the most miserable in the whole world and I hear so many compare school to like a prison where everyone is restricted, etc. There are probably more factors, and I am not saying everyone has a negative school experience, but maybe because so many find school so restrictive that is a big factor as to why kids are like this, they are rebelling. Also cost of living can make it where parents are more reliant on the system because they have to work so much to survive... Thoughts?