"Because the previous 12 years weren't enough BUT that 13th year will be the ticket!
I don't suppose we could just teach them starting in first grade and expect them to learn. Nah, too much to ask. Let's just drag out everyone's misery and throw good money after bad."
God forbid they just teach them what should be from the onset but of course that would go aginst the indoctrination they're getting now and the teachers would actually have to ....teach the basics of critical thinking and lastly, they would lose their control.
Dare to dream.