shouldnt school be optional?

Shouldnt school be optional? I dont think high school should be mandatory to go to. People who dont see going to college in their future shouldnt have to go through high school.

There would be more money and resources to spend on the people who do stay. I think people who dont go to college dont need to learn past what you can learn in 4th or 5th grade.

I guess in a way high school isnt mandatory since you can homeschool.

No, I think it should be mandatory. Some people who manage to graduate high school are still pretty stupid in general (not insulting them, it's more lack of common sense than anything), so I'd hate to see more people who lack general education. I don't think college is all it's hyped up to be, on the other hand.

Shouldnt school be optional? I dont think high school should be mandatory to go to. People who dont see going to college in their future shouldnt have to go through high school.

There would be more money and resources to spend on the people who do stay. I think people who dont go to college dont need to learn past what you can learn in 4th or 5th grade.

I guess in a way high school isnt mandatory since you can homeschool.

slipknot0129

its not mandatory... you can drop out at 16 I believe...

I would make it mandatory... but its not...

1. Kids are too young to make the decision regarding such an important matter. 2. People are dumb enough with school; imagine without 3. You still have to learn in homeschool.Agent-Zero

Yes.

Less competition for the rest of us.:P

[QUOTE="Agent-Zero"]1. Kids are too young to make the decision regarding such an important matter. 2. People are dumb enough with school; imagine without 3. You still have to learn in homeschool.slipknot0129

I think it should be 2 years of high school instead of 4. Then onto college. 8)

also...people who dont go to highschool are most likely to have lower social skills and have less developed cognition and even motor skills...lightleggy

I think it should be 2 years of high school instead of 4. Then onto college. 8)

Gaming-Planet

[QUOTE="lightleggy"]also...people who dont go to highschool are most likely to have lower social skills and have less developed cognition and even motor skills...gamerguru100

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[QUOTE="Agent-Zero"]1. Kids are too young to make the decision regarding such an important matter. 2. People are dumb enough with school; imagine without 3. You still have to learn in homeschool.lightleggy

I think it should be a more focused route, while still teaching the basics.

Lets say you want to become....a mechanic, theres no reason you should need to take arts, or history, or cooking unless you want to.

At the same rate if someone wants to become a chef, why are we teaching him biology and physics?

Schools need to teach students what they need to know so they can learn what they need to learn rather than just going "Learn all this pointless stuff, and a few classes that are actually relevent to getting you on the path to your career goal."

you think that homeschool people dont get educated?lightleggy

yes school should be optional, because anything can be learned at a library.

[QUOTE="gamerguru100"]

[QUOTE="lightleggy"]also...people who dont go to highschool are most likely to have lower social skills and have less developed cognition and even motor skills...lightleggy

I think it should be a more focused route, while still teaching the basics.

Lets say you want to become....a mechanic, theres no reason you should need to take arts, or history, or cooking unless you want to.

At the same rate if someone wants to become a chef, why are we teaching him biology and physics?

Schools need to teach students what they need to know so they can learn what they need to learn rather than just going "Learn all this pointless stuff, and a few classes that are actually relevent to getting you on the path to your career goal."

Nibroc420

[QUOTE="lightleggy"][QUOTE="gamerguru100"]Yeah...kinda like me... even though I graduate from high school in two months. :lol:

gamerguru100

oh, yeah, a lot of people are like taht, I have poor social skills...but however, everyone always develop those skills at highschool, if you think you are bad, you would be terrible without it :P

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"]

I think it should be a more focused route, while still teaching the basics.

Lets say you want to become....a mechanic, theres no reason you should need to take arts, or history, or cooking unless you want to.

At the same rate if someone wants to become a chef, why are we teaching him biology and physics?

Schools need to teach students what they need to know so they can learn what they need to learn rather than just going "Learn all this pointless stuff, and a few classes that are actually relevent to getting you on the path to your career goal."

lightleggy

Yes, I'd love to stop the massive leaps in intellectual progress we've made and slip back into the past.

Naah, we don't need even more idiots running around.

Yes, I'd love to stop the massive leaps in intellectual progress we've made and slip back into the past.

metroidfood

There's always going to be the smart ones who'll go to school. However the OP's Suggestion would make the dumb dumber. Not sure if this is the best idea... but there are idiot who think they can live off mcdonalds.

[QUOTE="lightleggy"][QUOTE="Nibroc420"]

I think it should be a more focused route, while still teaching the basics.

Lets say you want to become....a mechanic, theres no reason you should need to take arts, or history, or cooking unless you want to.

At the same rate if someone wants to become a chef, why are we teaching him biology and physics?

Schools need to teach students what they need to know so they can learn what they need to learn rather than just going "Learn all this pointless stuff, and a few classes that are actually relevent to getting you on the path to your career goal."

Nibroc420

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"][QUOTE="lightleggy"] when I was 12 years old I wanted to be an archeologist. then when I was 15 I wanted to be a medic then at 16 I wanted to be a psychologist now im 17 and im considering electrical engineering by your logic, I would be completly screwed because I wouldnt have received any physics, chemistry, biology, math, language just because I wanted to be an archaelogist. and still....what is a school supposed to teach a kid who wants to be, say a movie director? give him full theater class every day? see how that doesnt work?lightleggy

This is funny "There are over 6k Billion people in the world."

6,000 billion = 6 trillion. I'm Guessing you're not done math or social sciences yet? There's definatly not 6 Trillion people in the world.

I'm not going to discuss anything with someone whos pulling numbers and facts out of no-where.

[QUOTE="lightleggy"][QUOTE="Nibroc420"] I know lots of people who actually knew what they wanted to do before they hit high school, and guess what, they're still planning on doing that, even now that they're in universities. You're one person, one example. If a person can say "I enjoy doing X, and can make good money doing X, and when i grow up i want to continue to do X and get paid for it" WHY are they required to learn the things that are totally irrelevant to getting to their goal? Personally i gave up on public schools when my teacher threw me out of a class when He told me the Square he had drawn on the whiteboard was actually a rectangle and that i was wrong to call it a square. I simply replied with "Exams ask for the best answer, and that's a square" i was thrown out for the rest of the class. Worst math teacher ever.Nibroc420

This is funny "There are over 6k Billion people in the world."

6,000 billion = 6 trillion. I'm Guessing you're not done math or social sciences yet? There's definatly not 6 Trillion people in the world.

I'm not going to discuss anything with someone whos pulling numbers and facts out of no-where.

Yes, it should be.

EDIT: Massive typo. It most certainly shouldn't be. Read that as mandatory. School most certainly should not be optional.

Here in CA school is optional from age 13+.

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[QUOTE="lightleggy"] how many are "Lots"? 20 people? guess what: most of the people are not like that, there are over 6k billion people in the world, you think everyone are going to be like that? if you look at ANY poll you will see that most people who said they wanted to study something at certain age ended up studying something completly different. and its even a recognized fact: teenagers have many tastes, because they are in an experiencing stage of their life, they need to try everything to see if it fits to them, so one day you can say you like something and next day you can hate it...what you say is completly inmature and illogical, kids are not ready to make vocational choices at ages 12 or 7 and like I said, the reason why you learn stuff that are irrelevant is because that stuff can make you want to change your decisition or help you with a second option...for example I could want to be a lawyer, but in case you dont know lawyer is an extremely saturated profession and chances are that you will have a hell of a hard time to find a job as a lawyer...with a second choice you can decide to study something with a high demand, for example engineering or biotecnicianlightleggy

This is funny "There are over 6k Billion people in the world."

6,000 billion = 6 trillion. I'm Guessing you're not done math or social sciences yet? There's definatly not 6 Trillion people in the world.

I'm not going to discuss anything with someone whos pulling numbers and facts out of no-where.

[QUOTE="lightleggy"][QUOTE="Nibroc420"]

This is funny "There are over 6k Billion people in the world."

6,000 billion = 6 trillion. I'm Guessing you're not done math or social sciences yet? There's definatly not 6 Trillion people in the world.

I'm not going to discuss anything with someone whos pulling numbers and facts out of no-where.

Nibroc420

I agree with "a discussion requires intelligence from both parts" so right now, im not discussing, im pwning you and you just proved that by completly ignoring what I said above and reposting the same thing you said :lol: keep in your way good sir, and good luck when you turn 18 years old and realize that the career you wanted to study is really not that good and that you should have had more options. seriously, people pretending to be einstein around the internet just fail so hard

Here in CA school is optional from age 13+.

Pirate700