The point is, if that 'science' is correct, about the brains of young people, then why has this not always been a major problem, throughout history?   

Teenage suicides are on the rise, alarmingly so. So there are other factors, MANY other factors involved here. I deliberately left out the stress and misery caused by the Edukashon R Us Corporate Bastards, with their constant examinations, testing and tick boxes, with all the pressure that puts on teachers to achieve unachievable targets.   I left it out because normally, the pack who follow me round go bonkers at me.

However, with that highly intelligent quote above by H. L. Mencken (thanks for that Joe F) I'll dare to speak the name of what I consider to be the most major reason in the rise of teenage suicides...

If you start your life being pressured to the point where you can't think straight, if you feel the whole of your life will be one big examination, where you're being judged on your 'achievements' all day long, year out, year in, then what kind of life does a young person start to envisage?

We have created a situation where the Soul of the young person is completely ignored, their feelings completely ignored, in the crazy rush to meet those targets, keep those jobs, get your school higher up the League Tables....

It's interesting that the Head Teachers are all banding and bonding together right now to consider striking about their pensions, but they won't consider striking about their pupils being put under inordinate amounts of stress. It sickens me, because they have the power to turn all of this around in an instant, yet they choose not to.