hoyde lahashem – i agree with you, even though my school did try to answer questions – i don’t think many of them knew how at that time. it seems to me that more schools are learning how to address theses issues; though, it also seems that now there are so many, many more issues besides the basic philosophical questions.
saddest thing is for those kids who leave highschool thinking they know what yiddeshkeit it, but in reality they have no clue.