Read: Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto - amazing!
I would NOT go to school if it was optional IF the method of teaching and basically the system we have today was still in operation
I don't agree with a lot of our education system
You could complete the GCSEs/A-Levels curriculum way before 18
You don't need 18 years of your life to be spent in an institution that doesn't enforce originality, individuality and critical thinking (Trust me, not a lot of us know how to think/question, we take what we're given and look for counter-arguments but fail to come up with our own)
I mean, is no one else concerned that we're not having huge breakthroughs and people like Einstein etc who changed the world?
And if so, why? Clearly down to our education system (If you look at history and the education system of those people whose theories we now study, it's vastly different to our system today)
I know a lot of people will disagree, but I'm personally upset that I could have done so much more with my life (but hey, if I never learned this lesson, then I wouldn't be able to prevent it from happening to my kids/next generation)