Mandatory school until 18? To what end?
jackofallchem:
I found the following article interesting for several reasons. The first thing I found interesting the idea of forcing students to stay in school until they were 18 even though they really wanted to drop out was a good thing. The second was that the only thing anyone cared about was the dropout rate. No one seemed to care about education or learning or anything. They just care about the kids being in the seats until they are 18. The people in favor of the program say it will get the kids to stay in the seats until they are 18 and their opponents say the students just won't come to school. No one mentioned better education. I can't say that I see much education going on in the schools and you know that if someone is only there because the law is forcing them to, they are going to make sure they don't learn anything.
Utter nonsense.
http://chronicle.com/blogs/percolator/sorry-youre-not-allowed-to-drop-out-please-resume-learning/28501
kromlooper:
Mandatory schooling is downright offensive.
fiona:
So what will you do with a very large number of people who can't/won't learn to read and therefore can't be responsive citizens?
It's easy to push around and oppress illiterate people.
The Fiona
jackofallchem:
Quote from: fiona on February 08, 2012, 05:01:58 PM
So what will you do with a very large number of people who can't/won't learn to read and therefore can't be responsive citizens?
Judging by the state of things, we elect them to Congress or let them work on Wall Street and in the banking sector.
You can't force people to learn or work. It isn't like you can't go back to school after you drop out and find that life isn't so great when McDonald's thinks you lack job skills, Mom and Dad cut off your allowance, and you have to move out of the basement. There are a lot of programs at tech schools where you can get good-paying useful, needed jobs skills and they don't take a lot of time or money. Not everyone wants to get an education, not everyone wants to go to college. Forcing them to sit in a college-prep geared classroom for another year or two won't fix anything. It is just a waste of their time and they know it. That is why they dropped out.
fiona:
We have compulsory school laws so as to enable people to have jobs and stay off the streets and out of meth labs.
Free, compulsory public education has been around for 100 years in the U. S. because it is good for our country.
It also keeps young people off the streets and aids public safety.
Would you substitute jails?
The Fiona
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