NYC schools To subjugate their colonies, one useful psychological tactic the British employed in Egypt was constructing towering and imposing government buildings. Everything had 20 steps leading up to oversized doorways with imperial columns, and it all said 'you are tiny and insignificant'.

Public school buildings are like that in New York. For some reason, every elementary school has a door three times the height of a normal human, and windows twice as big. The floors seem to be twenty feet high, and the labels over the doors force you to crane your neck to peer upward at them. The buildings impose themselves on you, constantly reminding you of your petty insignificance and inviting obedience.

I'm pretty sure I would never send my kid to one.  ¶ 5/14/2008 12:14:00 AM