I based mine off a hazy recollection of what I heard of Germany.

At least 1 month off for both parents immediately after (maybe some weeks before?) birth. Then 1-1 year for each parent.

You are free to download and install any .exe file you find on the net!

Seriously though, I used to love to tinker with earlier windows and make it quiet. I feel thankful towards microsoft nowadays (maybe tis the season?) that they are aping AAPL's walled garden. I had a skype account that I could use to access MS store (and log into my windows install? i forget if it's required..) and that made win10 accessable but was the end to my MS based shenanigans.

Windows felt open cuz you're not locked into their app store, but it looks like they switched to doublespeak now.

Are current politics something usually discussed in US middle schools? They're like what, 14? Or is there a separate civics class?

I'm pretty sure if a questionairre that fluffs Trump instead of Harris is passed out to children, people would be yelling fascism.

The problem is with spreading propaganda in school. There's just too much history and philosophy to cover to get a sense for modern policy, unless you have a special class for it maybe in high school.