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Compulsory 5-days a week, nearly 8-hours a day attendance at public school only began nationwide in the [[United States]] during the 20th century. Compulsory schooling laws were not universal throughout the [[United States]] until 1917, and even then the school year was often less than a half year.<ref>http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/kellmeyer/050428</ref> There have been few, if any, long-term studies on the effects of the modern approach of full-time attendance at school from age 6 and younger to age 21 and older.
Compulsory 5-days a week, nearly 8-hours a day attendance at public school only began nationwide in the [[United States]] during the 20th century. Compulsory schooling laws were not universal throughout the [[United States]] until 1917, and even then the school year was often less than a half year.<ref>http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/kellmeyer/050428</ref> There have been few, if any, long-term studies on the effects of the modern approach of full-time attendance at school from age 6 and younger to age 21 and older.
==== British public schools ===
==== British public schools ====
In the United Kingdom, public schools are, despite their name, the most exclusive of the private schools, usually educating the children of the aristocracy and the very rich. The prevalence of [[homosexuality]] among the members of the British upper classes (and hence institutions such as the [[BBC]]) is a direct result of the so-called [[fag]] system, whereby an older boy takes on a younger boy as his personal slave. The Amercian slang term "fag", for homosexual, derives from this practice.
In the United Kingdom, public schools are, despite their name, the most exclusive of the private schools, usually educating the children of the aristocracy and the very rich. The prevalence of [[homosexuality]] among the members of the British upper classes (and hence institutions such as the [[BBC]]) is a direct result of the so-called [[fag]] system, whereby an older boy takes on a younger boy as his personal slave. The Amercian slang term "fag", for homosexual, derives from this practice.