Should school be Mandatory?

You can't give children the responsibility. They aren't capable of understanding what not going to school would mean for their future.

Also imagine the burden on society, if there is a large group of people who cannot function in any job. They never had to be somewhere on time in the first 15 years of their lives. Let alone concentrate on something they didn't choose for.

I thought this was a stupid question when I first heard it but then I was asked;

‘When you was in school, did any suspended children or children ‘bunking’ off turn up at the fence or even in class?’

The suggestion was reverse psychology, it’s because we force it there’s resistance but what else would kids do?

You have kids all over who could stay off and no parents, teachers or anyone would do anything but they still turn up.

And although some wouldn’t turn up given the choice, you’d only have those serious be there!

Any thoughts?

Teenagers are tennagers and will be reckless. We're children and wont always know what choice to make. And no we wont know the impact of school on our future. However i believe we should be given the choice. I feel like this way, a lot of people would first not show up to school and then realise for themselves what it actually means and how it would affect them later on. and this way they'd be more dedicated and passionate about going to school? If that makes sense? Like you let them choose what they think is the "easy" way and then they find out for themselves its actually the hard way, not going school. And this would make them want to go = good students

**** school, wish i could have my life back

Exactly the line of thinking I have, I mean - what else would you do.

I think this should apply to secondary school however maybe?

Yeah, my bad i was just assuming we were talking about secondaary school. I also think that a lot of teenagers just think they know whats best, and are stubborn, best way is to find out the turht for yourself i guess

You’re assuming they would choose not to go, why would they take this option?

The majority would go to school. But some wouldn't because they think school isn't important. The number of times in high school i heard: 'why do i need to study this, i won't need this in real life'. When you are 12 year olds you don't know.

I think it would result in students only going to 50% of the classes. Or students taking gap year after gap year and eventually leaving high school at 21 year old without a diploma. I see it happening at uni, where you can choose to attend or not. Some folks only show up half of the times in lectures and fail the exams. Then they drop out.

I thought this was a stupid question when I first heard it but then I was asked;

‘When you was in school, did any suspended children or children ‘bunking’ off turn up at the fence or even in class?’

The suggestion was reverse psychology, it’s because we force it there’s resistance but what else would kids do?

You have kids all over who could stay off and no parents, teachers or anyone would do anything but they still turn up.

And although some wouldn’t turn up given the choice, you’d only have those serious be there!

Any thoughts?

No. Mandatory schooling is fascism.

How so?

Fascism is ordering people about. Mandatory is ordering people about.

But so many things in life is mandatory

Not things that take up most of your time.

I need to reduce my hours in work

Nobody is using a whip to make you work.