If this is how you feel about people, that a student either thinks like you or is being dishonest, then I would say you truly belong in the coercive educational environment that you are proposing. They have guarded against much larger agencies and governments seeking to mitigate the power students have in our schools for years and years. But, please accept this challenge. You profoundly misinterpret the silence. I value what you can input from your experience.
Intellects are competitive.
She asked how to take care of the cat while I'm gone. As easily as the water flows in the creek, and as often as I breathe.