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Basically - if a school can't rely upon consent from children - nobody can. I think that is a fairly well established legal principle. In many places, a contra

Basically - if a school can't rely upon consent from children - nobody can. I think that is a fairly well established legal principle. In many places, a contract cannot be enforced against a minor no matter whether it was freely entered. Statutory rape laws say it doesn't matter if the minor consented. And so on . . .

Zenst 7y ago
"Statutory rape laws say it doesn't matter if the minor consented" that is probably an extreme example that some might find unpalatable, but it does support the point.