In their formative first two decades, individuals spend about 15,000 hr in
schools. Thus schools represent a primary socializing influence that has
enormous impact on the course of people lives and, in turn, on society.
Ideal school systems are ones that succeed in promoting in students a
genuine enthusiasm for learning and accomplishment and a sense of
volitional involvement in the educational enterprise. It is this interest and
volition, we suggest, that lead students to display greater flexibility in