The rules you're all talking about remind me so much of school!
I go to college and I think the freedom there has really allowed me to mature a lot, we get so much freedom, I really appreciate how beneficial it is. Alright we do stupid things and mess around quite a lot because we can but nothing cruel or harmful to other people.
Basically at college I think it's because you're treat like an adult so you generally end up acting like one. If I don't have a lesson then I can just go home, or go to the library to get some work done or revision if I want, but it's not compulsory, its your life and your education. If I don't have any lessons on a morning then I don't have to come in to college for the sake of coming in. Wednesdays are cool as I only have one single one hour lesson 12-1 and thats it. On Mondays Im finished by 12 and on Thursdays I don't start till 1.
Why can't you have facial hair at sixth form?! How in the hell does that make you a better student? Or allow you to do well in lessons or in exams? There's nothin like that at college, you can dress and look how you want, its great!
My friend goes to a sixth form and was sayin they got an inspection and the teachers brought chocolate in for them afterwards to thank them for being good, that just seems so patronizing to me, it would just never happen at college, no way, it's the kind of treatment we got when we were 14 not 18!
I don't mean this to sound offensive or be a big put down or anything, I'm just trying to say that I think the freedom of a college is a much better environment to be in at our age, its definitly allowed so much personal development for me as a person.