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The Prussian system of education adopted in the USA during the early 19th century was designed to stifle education and prepare people for a life of following orders. That is why students sit in front of a master sargent figure in rows, and obey the master sargent's orders.
And don't try to tell me that your master sargents order the students to arrange their desks in a different pattern. It is still Prussian military discipline!