Building character

Ontario's government has been asserting that increasing high-school class sizes' maximum from 22 to 28 will be good for the students, by preparing them for the hardships of working life.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-education-minister-lisa-thompson-increases-class-sizes-high-school-benefits-1.5064285

This morning I ran across a relevant Non Sequitur strip from August 1993: