If they were teaching anything, I bet the kid _would_ sit still. I sure would have been a lot less distracted.

Or, as Adam Smith put it: "but after twelve or thirteen years of age, provided the master does his duty, force or restraint can scarce ever be necessary to carry on any part of education." and "No discipline is ever requisite to force attendance upon lectures which are really worth the attending, as is well known wherever such lectures are given." David Friedman P.S. sorry to be so late--I just came across this post.