Their "progress"? Their progress at what? I went to school at 16, and it's a mistake. Most people, certainly myself, are not socially prepared to deal with the environment at 16. Hell, if people are being coddled today, there's no way in God's green earth that they can self-organize on their own at that age.

Yeah, people do it successfully, but then some people can remove their own appendices and live. Just don't bet that way.