That teacher got me thinking about whether schools are supposed to train obedience, which led me to this long PDF by Seth Godin called Stop Stealing Dreams.
http://www.sethgodin.com/sg/docs/stopstealingdreamsscreen.pdf

In particular this bit:
Quote
Column A
Aware
Caring
Committed
Creative
Goal-setting
Honest
Improvising
Incisive
Independent
Informed
Initiating
Innovating
Insightful
Leading
Strategic
Supportive

or
Column B
Obedient

Which column do you pick? Whom do you want to work for or work next to? Whom do you want to hire? Which doctor do you want to treat you? Whom do you want to live with?

Last question: If you were organizing a trillion-dollar, sixteen-year indoctrination program to turn out the next generation of our society, which column would you build it around?