to add to those points above regarding America, the reason we need such rules is because the class of people here in some places flat out sucks, kids are raised by nannies who sometimes are no more than kids themselves, there is no etiquete for anything, no manners nothing is taught. its a spoiled society, look at europe for how they raise their kids they know how to use a knife and fork for g-ds sake, yes eating pizza with a knife and fork is a bit funny to us but it works quite well. I'm not complaining about US, hell I live here but I'm just saying that if parents and society wont do something, someone has to and school is a place for education so what better place than school if not a home