Establish the child's legal knowledge (Score 1)

I find it ironic that on the one hand we have compulsory education in the U.S., and on the other, the liability of sending children to school may become too great a burden for most folks. Wanna bet that a new type of liability insurance will be created and sold as a result of this? I wonder whether the assistant principal will be able to prove that her school taught the child enough of the basics in law that the child knew it was illegal to impersonate then defame another person utilizing the global reach of myspace. This may be a situation where the pot calls the kettle black. If it's the schools responsibility to teach children how to follow the law and be civil, and the child didn't learn that lesson, then the child not following the law is somehow the parents fault: on the other hand, if it's not the schools responsibility to teach the child the law, then why is there a compulsory education requirement?