Do you feel kids should be forced to go to school?
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No, it shouldn't be mandatory for kids to go to school. Depending on the circumstances within the household that is.
I believe that schooling is an absolute requirement. However how they get that education is not as important. If a husband and wife team want to homeschool a child then power to them as long as they teach their child the necessities. (Things like math, science, some history, etc...)
But if they don't want to do this, or can't for whatever reason (maybe they both work)... Then yes, the child needs to go to school.
Why is it a requirement though? Because those who are uneducated can easily become little more than a burden on society. Consider how finding a job requires a high school diploma now. Years ago this wasn't the case and many people in important positions got there with little formal education. But things have changed a great deal since then.
And it's going to get worse as things progress too. I mean many of the entry level jobs that require high school only are going to start vanishing as technology advances. Again look to the nearest McDonalds for proof as they have more kiosks and less cashiers. Eventually it will be all kiosks and no cashiers.
Not to sound to cold, but society really cannot stand for a lot of people to be uneducated and thusly unemployed. It produces too much of a burden on social welfare systems. Money has to come from somewhere to cover these people... usually from others paying taxes. But if it reaches a point where money needed is greater than money available then there will be people who suffer for it. I don't foresee the system collapsing entirely, but I do think that a lot of people could die. Especially if a harsh winter hits and the resources to help people through it aren't there.
But if they don't want to do this, or can't for whatever reason (maybe they both work)... Then yes, the child needs to go to school.
Why is it a requirement though? Because those who are uneducated can easily become little more than a burden on society. Consider how finding a job requires a high school diploma now. Years ago this wasn't the case and many people in important positions got there with little formal education. But things have changed a great deal since then.
And it's going to get worse as things progress too. I mean many of the entry level jobs that require high school only are going to start vanishing as technology advances. Again look to the nearest McDonalds for proof as they have more kiosks and less cashiers. Eventually it will be all kiosks and no cashiers.
Not to sound to cold, but society really cannot stand for a lot of people to be uneducated and thusly unemployed. It produces too much of a burden on social welfare systems. Money has to come from somewhere to cover these people... usually from others paying taxes. But if it reaches a point where money needed is greater than money available then there will be people who suffer for it. I don't foresee the system collapsing entirely, but I do think that a lot of people could die. Especially if a harsh winter hits and the resources to help people through it aren't there.
everyone need to learn, by going to school and with an very good education is very highly recommended and important. No matter the cost. Yet at times allot of school that's private are way above expensive. I know allot that are home school but home school isn't the same or at least the environment
I don't think it's much better to have a society of people who are incapable of reading and writing, because that's what it would devolve into. That's how it used to be in-fact.
And with an uneducated society, even more uneducated than it is now, the governments in power can basically walk all over you and you will be all smiles while it happens, because they lowered themselves to giving attention to a being as low as ourselves.
They will also go to war about five times as often, as it becomes easier to justify it to the even bigger idiots who are their voters, assuming that it doesn't go back to being a system of lords and kings.
If anything, governments should push even harder, as the world is becoming more and more competitive and the countries which laze around risk falling behind.
And with an uneducated society, even more uneducated than it is now, the governments in power can basically walk all over you and you will be all smiles while it happens, because they lowered themselves to giving attention to a being as low as ourselves.
They will also go to war about five times as often, as it becomes easier to justify it to the even bigger idiots who are their voters, assuming that it doesn't go back to being a system of lords and kings.
If anything, governments should push even harder, as the world is becoming more and more competitive and the countries which laze around risk falling behind.
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Well, morals might be the bigger problem - as in family values. I mean, back in the Old West days - lots of families probably had kids not going to school - but they lead productive lives.
But would this be applicable today? Well, education is overrated. Possibly a trade learned from mom and pop - just as in the old days - might get many thru.
I don't think it'd be possible now to do it that way. If you try to just learn a trade from parents you couldn't get hired anywhere that required proof or certification. So, for example, if a child learned engine repair from their parents they wouldn't be able to get hired at any garage because they wouldn't have the certificate. Sure they could be amazing at fixing engines... But no garage is going to even take a chance on it because they haven't had formal training. What I mean here is that if anything ever went wrong the garage could be held liable. (They allowed an "untrained" individual to work.) And you can bet someone would sue them over that.
They might be able to open their own independent/backyard garage though. But they have to understand that it could very easily be hard times. They'd be wholly dependent on clients coming to them and self-promoting their garage. They wouldn't be able to fall back on going to work in someone else's garage. And depending on their education level (whether or not they got their grade 12 equivalent) they might not be able to work anywhere period. I mean even many lower income jobs (like McDonalds) now want a grade 12 before they'll consider you. (Or at the very least to be in school working on getting that grade 12.)
They might be able to open their own independent/backyard garage though. But they have to understand that it could very easily be hard times. They'd be wholly dependent on clients coming to them and self-promoting their garage. They wouldn't be able to fall back on going to work in someone else's garage. And depending on their education level (whether or not they got their grade 12 equivalent) they might not be able to work anywhere period. I mean even many lower income jobs (like McDonalds) now want a grade 12 before they'll consider you. (Or at the very least to be in school working on getting that grade 12.)
Well, maybe a better thread would be arguing against college education - or at least, college education for everyone.
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This is just my opinion and that it is school is important. Education helps our kids learn new things like grammar, mathematics, science and history. These things are important but it does depend on what's happening with the child. If the child is getting bullied and the parents are scared that the next school they go to, they're going to get bullied there too then it would be reasonable to pull them out of education and just homeschool them.
Again, my opinion.
Again, my opinion.
Min George
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We want the next generation to be able to participate in the evolving economy, that's why it is a must that every child attends school till when they are up to 18. They would have gotten basic education by the time they turn 18.
I personally think it should be up to the parents how they want their children to be taught. Personally if I had kids I would send them to public school because I wouldn't have the knowledge or time to home school them nor would I have enough money to send them to private school. Though not only do the children get an education when they go to school, they're also building social skills and learning to interact with other people.
I think parents should be encouraged to send their children to school for many reasons but making it mandatory by law is not desirable in my opinion.
Home schooling presents a challenge and in the UK it is a legal requirement that guardians provide a proper education suited to the child's needs but it appears that for the most part they do.
Google suggests there were around 126,000 children being home educated in the UK last year (2025) and on average they score between 15 and 30 percentile points higher than those students attending public schools.
Home schooling presents a challenge and in the UK it is a legal requirement that guardians provide a proper education suited to the child's needs but it appears that for the most part they do.
Google suggests there were around 126,000 children being home educated in the UK last year (2025) and on average they score between 15 and 30 percentile points higher than those students attending public schools.
A lot of socially conservative parents would rightfully object to public school agendas in many places, and they shouldn't be forced to send their kids to public schools.
School is good for the proper mental development of a child to be able to fit into the society of today. And kids are incapable of making life choices. As much as they are forced to do other things, they must be forced to go to school.
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