I want to know how many people agree with me on this. I think the truancy law is stupid because you can make a child go to school but you can't make them learn. A child that doesn't want to learn will not learn properly and often causes disturbances to people who do want to learn. It also waste school resources and time when a child who doesn't want to go to school is forced to go to school because it waste the teachers time as well as the child's time.
2007-08-31 19:33:19 · 8 answers · asked by Master Havoc 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
It depends on the age of the child. If it is a younger child, then I believe they should be kept in school.
However, for children of high school age, I completely agree.
I was fortunate enough to go to a school where the other kids in the classroom wanted to be there: if they exhibited signs that they did not want to be there, then they were dismissed from the school.
Even one screw-up in a class can make it virtually impossible to maintain a vigorous and stimilating learning environment. A person who does not want to learn is not of any use to themselves, or anybody else. If they are disruptive, their presence does nothing but harm.
Some people might say that if such students are forced to remain in class, they might eventually develop a desire to learn. Unlikely. They can develop that desire on their own time, but not while it continues to interfere with the learning of children who are genuinely interested in doing so.
Anyway, a person who doesn't want to learn will merely end up graduating high school with a diploma that is good only for blowing your nose in.
Now, should these children be allowed to wander the streets? No, I don't think so. They should be required to do something, but wherever they are put, it should not be a place where they will disrupt the education of others.
But when these children are older, perhaps more mature, and realize they have made a mistake, and are ready to return to finish their educations, they should certainly be allowed to do so in some way.
2007-08-31 19:50:32 · answer #1 · answered by Jason W 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A child who doesn't want to learn will still have a better chance of doing so at school than hanging around the streets. He will also have less chance of committing crimes, and there's a lower chance that his parents will make him work illegally at too young an age. I disapprove of the disturbance an unhappy child can cause at school, but truancy laws still seem to be the lesser of evils.
2007-09-01 02:52:26 · answer #2 · answered by Vaughn 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Instead of sending them to regular classes where, as you say, they disturb the rest of the students who are interested in learning and making something of themselves besides Bums, they should be sent to special classes where the value of an education AFTER the teen years is taught. After they grow up enough to realize they can't make it in the real world without an education, they can be tested then placed back in classes where they can resume their education.
So Yeah. Keep the truancy laws. (I think the age group your talking about is more in the young adult classification instead of 'child'.)
Waste school resources and time?
Maybe it will save us tax payers money by not having to pay their welfare payments for the rest of their lives!.
2007-09-01 04:14:54 · answer #3 · answered by DixeVil 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Robert Heinlein put it best when he wrote, "You live and learn. Or you don't live long."
You can't force kids to learn, but repealing the truancy laws is not going to solve the problems. Flooding the market with unskilled labor (kids who won't go to school) will not improve the economy. Crime will rise due to lack of jobs for the under-educated drop-outs.
2007-09-01 02:59:05 · answer #4 · answered by Kevin k 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not many children WANT to go to school. Yes, a child should be forced to go to school and learn. You are basically saying a child should be able to do what they want. I hope and pray you are not a parent.
I know, I know - you wanted to go to school and learn... Well, there aren't many children who are perfect like you. You broke the mold when it came to proper children. Civilization peaked out at your childhood.
2007-09-01 02:54:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Japan has the right idea on this...There education is a privilege NOT a right. We need to start kicking ppl out of school if they don't want to learn. Any one who fails 3 or more classes should have one second chance to pass there classes.
2007-09-01 02:39:48 · answer #6 · answered by keithr2003 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What can a child possibly learn in American schools ??? 99% graduating from the system remain morons/
2007-09-01 03:33:01 · answer #7 · answered by OC 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, keep kids off the streets! Adults don't care if you're learning, as long as you're out of our hair.
2007-09-01 02:37:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋