should Compulsory Education be abolished?

Answer 1

absolutely and more firmness as well
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Answer 2

Yes as soon as you can prove a viable working solution.

What other countries have successful people after they abolished compulsory education?

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Now then, tell me what that says without your knowledge of the English language that you learned in school?

GOD bless.
MBA- Boston Univ. - not compulsory education
CPA-retired - not compulsory education, but all a direct result of compulsory educational opportunities.

The key is opportunities exist after you have basic knowledge.

Answer 3

Absolutely. Compulsory attendance opens the door to government control over the population. Just look what it has done to Germany where parents are not allowed to choose private schools or home school for their kids. Or look at many middle eastern countries where Sharia Law reigns supreme and schools are used to create terrorists. In Iran, for example students begin the day by stomping on the US Flag and shouting "down with America"

The very kids who compulsory attendance advocates say they are targeting are the ones who either don't show up or who disrupt the learning process for students who are trying to learn by acting up as class clowns, coming into class late, dealing drugs and/or committing violent acts.

Before public schools and compulsory attendance Americans were the best educated population in the world with a 97% literacy rate in the northern states and an 80% literacy rate in southern states. Today the literacy rate of Americans is down to 77%.

Answer 4

I am actually a graduate student with a GPA well over 3.6 and, nonetheless, I say YES.

The sad truth is most people are taught to think of education and work as something they have to do rather than something they would love to do out of curiousity. Children are born wanting to learn, always asking questions, virtually introducing themselves to education but then are often scared off by teachers and people who force them to learn things they do not want to without making them interesting enough to have them change their minds.

Education has become boring...it should be like all other forms of shopping: you have to MAKE the customer interested in your product and you can't force them to buy it. If people were not forced to go to schools then schools would have the choice of either being creative and good enough to make people want to learn there or going out of business.
Also many schools would likely be Montessori style and cater to teaching subjects to each kid that the kid is interested in, rather than force kids into subjects that are not natural to them.
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Considering students from Montessori commonly are about 4 to 5 grade years ahead of kids their age on average, this would mean most kids would be SMARTER than with compulsory school.
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Some children may start working young (their parents may, for example, say if they are not going to school they must work at least a few hours a day....there should be maximum hours for younger kids by law, however).
The kids then would realize they would rather go to school and do something more interesting. This alone would likely mean 80%+ of kids would go to school by their own choice. The advantage to its being their choice would be increase enthusiasm on their part and, in turn, better grades and less disciplinary problem.


Sometimes people need to wade through high school and all levels of school below it to get into very high levels of school to really express themselves creatively and curiously (I know I did in the non-Montessori private schools I went to). But that does not mean the next generation of children should have to view education as a punishment or chore rather than an great opportunity to be creative.

Indeed, the traditional school system needs some serious liberation.....

Answer 5

Compulsory education has turned our schools into baby sitting services. Let's stop wasting our resources on kids who don't want to be in school and focus on those kids who really want to learn. We would have a much better school system.

Answer 6

I'll go one further..let's abolish all forms of education, we wouldn't want to offend anyone.

Answer 7

sure, then the gap between rich and poor will be wider, and the next generation of capitalism governed by illterates. Great idea!

Answer 8

No. Education is a must for everybody.

Answer 9

No but it should receive a facelift for all schools not just the ones whose area has more money to back it!

Answer 10

yes it should be abolished...yes to freedom