Civil Rights in school?

so let me get this straight, kids are forced by law to attend school. which is not a bad thing because everyone needs some basic knowledge of the world around them even though that is all they get out of it is basic. then in these institutions which mostly resemble prisons, they are forced to follow rules that most of the time are completely absurd and are only in place because 1 stupid person did something. and the kids have no say. i understand that there are PAC, and Student Council. but they are obviously not getting things done.

Where is the Democracy?

I previously thought we lived in a living democracy full of choices and equal control. but now i am shoved into line with everyone else, finding that in certain places there are no civil rights. outside of these institutions everyone is 'free' and can do whatever they choose to do as long as it conforms to the document written over 300 years ago. but the second you step into one of these prisons you find that even simple pleasures as kissing your girlfriend of 5 years is a crime. how pitiful is an occasion when i am not aloud to express my love for an individual, and also degrading when i get yelled at in front of dozens of people like some type of invelant who doesn't understand love or something. and can someone explain why i am restricted from listening to an mp3 player or texting on my phone or taking pictures on my new camera, when class is not in session.

I would just like to know were my civil rights are in school and why democracy has been shoved aside during the pivotal point in a persons growth. what a great example.