What is the role of public education in creating citizens?

I feel public education does play a role in creating citizens. When you think about it young kids spend more time in school then they do at home with their parents. Since kids spend so much time in school with teachers, it should be part of their jobs to make sure the kids they are teaching are becoming responsible and good citizens. Kids need to learn the laws of the world and how to interact with other people in school. Kids also need to learn how to be open minded. In the world we live in today, we need citizens who have an open mind, and who can listen to different ideas. Things in our world are so diverse. There are so many different kinds of people in the world who have so many different ideas and ways of doing things. Kids need to learn that that is ok. Kids need to learn that being different or doing something a different way than you might do it yourself is not a bad thing. There are so many adults today who do not think that. This is why kids today should be taught in school how to interact with people who are different from how they are. A society that is always changing needs to have citizen that can change along with it. If kids can learn at a young age how to treat people and get along with people who are different they will have a better chance at living a good life, because most of life is based on interactions with other people. If a kid learns to listen to peoples ideas and be able to see where a person is coming from even if they do not agree with it themselves, that is what will make them a good citizen.