I think it's pretty clear that what a military-style school can bring to the table is a stand-in for paternal care to children without fathers, or with bad fath

I think it's pretty clear that what a military-style school can bring to the table is a stand-in for paternal care to children without fathers, or with bad fathers. Traditional schooling doesn't really instil confidence or pride, in my experience; it's much more about not rocking the boat, or rocking the boat in the way that the administrators would prefer (which, of course…isn't rocking the boat). As mapt elsethread indicates, these things can go wrong, just as the traditional, maternal school system goes wrong (zero tolerance? students disrespecting teachers‽).