This past week at my small group discussion, we thought it might be a good idea to begin brainstorming ideas for our paper due this Friday. Somehow our discussion got onto the topic of school being mandatory for students. This discussion ended up being one of my favorite education based peer conversations I've had in a long time. For the most part, the four of us brought up many different ideas pertaining to both the benefits of mandatory schooling and the weaknesses of our current system.
For example, we all agreed that mandatory schooling is good for those children who may need to be exposed to the benefits of education when their parents might not have had a good experience or believe in the schooling system. But as children enter older ages, when would it be acceptable for them to drop out of school and make this educated decision on their own? Even if these students think that they have a profession for their future in mind by the time they reach middle school and do not believe they need any further schooling for that profession, are these middle schoolers old enough to make this type of mature decision on their own and not an impulsive one? Certainly questions to ponder!
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Is mandatory schooling only good for those who have parents that might not realize the importance of education? What about parents who do understand the importance of education and want to keep their children out of school for that very reason? What if I am a parent and believe that I want to keep my child out of schooling because it interferes with her education? Should I get to prove that she is being educated just fine outside the school? I understand the value of education, but I don't want it going down in school.
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