Gabriel thinks Vot a Vaste! But she speaks German so she thinks German. When I was in the us or when working on twisted, I also think in English (but not very well...) - but comic-gabriel is so far off in her world again...
I do agree that bad schools uniformize thinking, but good schools do the opposite. Well, this is Mavergate - Mavergate high is not a good school and relies on standarized tests and Thats-how-we-always-do-it study plans. I once had a teacher who seriously tortured the class with mindnumbing work... i think, nobody of that class became anything that involved chemistry.
I enjoyed school, because most of my higher education teachers encouraged free thought and personal projects. That was a rare treat.