How do you feel about mandatory schooling?

Answer 1

It's the cornerstone of democracy. Without an education, we cannot hope to have responsible, informed citizens. We also can't expect to compete economically with other nations in the world market.

I just wish schools were doing a better job of it and that the curriculum wasn't so watered down. Why aren't we teaching high school students logic and reason so they can analyze the rhetoric of politicians more thoroughly? Why are we not teaching evolutionary theory and other scientific theories that are deemed essential by the scientific community in detail? Too many adolescents are graduating from public schools without learning what an ad hominem attack, a straw man argument, or other logical fallacies are. And too many of them mistakenly believe that evolutionary theory says man evolved from monkeys, apparently. We should be shocked and ashamed that the future lawmakers, teachers, and entrepreneurs in this country don't have a better grasp of logic and science than that.

And incidentally, public school attendance is not completely mandatory, as parents can always choose to enroll their children in private schools or elect to withdraw their children from public schools and educate them at home.

Answer 2

I thought schools are mandatory from grades K through 12? They wont put you in jail if you don't go but it is mandatory. Someone will be knocking at your door if the school system knows that you havent been in school for awhile.
About home schooling, I think you have to tell the city that you are home schooling your kids.
But I think it should be mandatory to go to any kinds of schooling.

Answer 3

It's vital to society now to have an educated citizenry, but parents know their children best. If the parent feels the child would learn at home and is interested and involved in facilitating that learning the state should not deprive parents of this right.

It's vital for boys and girls to be educated as the world gets more complicated. Even assuming a girl has a traditional role as wife and mother when she grows up, being a manager of a household and raising children to participate in society demands much sophistication than in the past. Women also have much to contribute, and they will have more avenues to do so if they're educated according to their ability and interest.