History of compulsory schooling

No wonder the MBA's don't have 'common' sense.

compulsory schooling just made me want to ditch. The teachers were a complete joke.

Its a good thing i would draw during math class. Fuck math. Seriously. School should let the child PICK a career they want, then let them study on their own (with help, of course) with encouragement. Its fucked up, because i just couldnt use math properly, and it screwed me, so i just kept to drawing. And now i can make 200 bucks a day drawing stupid pictures. Can math do that for me? Hell no

This really is a White middle-class and middle class in general issue. People or different socioeconomic status have different issues concerning schools.

But if we are talking about sensorship and schools teaching a pro American view on history and current events... Why would public schools teach in a way that could be viewed as anti-American. There would be less good than bad to gain.

You're definitely missing the point

Without compulsory education many children would suffer even greater from abuses and neglect. It I a way of ensuring a minimal amount of care for all children

Choices are available for upper and middle class parents. Those who don't fit that bill are somewhat screwed. The likelihood of major shifts in education are nil. It's a big monster of a broken machine that needs so much work. What our kids need th most are good parents. School is in a sense daycare. Real education should take place with the family.

you should read 'dumbing us down' by john taylor gatto.

Well, perhaps slavery is not the best term. How about imprisonment? The child is forced to be in a room 7 hours a day where (s)he has nothing to do but listen to a teacher, how is that justified? The child still will end working for minimum wage either way, so how is such imprisonment beneficial? And in response to your question, yes, it is imprisonment, and I oppose a parents absolute control over their child in the same way I oppose compulsory school attendance.

Apparently I have to repeat this. There is no point in you continuing your argument and asking questions when I don't agree with your assumptions. I don't agree on so many levels that there's really no use in continuing this, I don't have the energy right now. I wanted to maybe come to a "agree to disagree" conclusion with you but you're having none of it. I will end this here.

The only kids who will opt out of learning are those who will drop out of high school the day they turn 16 and will end up working for minimum wage their whole lives how is the end result any better that that of no compulsion? The only difference is the means the unfortunate end result was achieved, it's either achieved by messing around having fun during childhood, or being forced to sit in a classroom all day, which means is better?