Choosing whom to marry, what to buy or sell, and with whom/what to associate are, in fact, votes. Votes for a given lifestyle, place, thing, or idea. Or, even

Choosing whom to marry, what to buy or sell, and with whom/what to associate are, in fact, votes. Votes for a given lifestyle, place, thing, or idea. Or, even, person. School is valuable inasmuch as it civilizes us, though "houses of detention rather than attention" hits the nail on the head.