For High School students or above

i didnt read the entire article..as it is far too long and i am tired. from what i gather, the authors thesis is more or less "school is not a neccessary part of life and that one can progress effectively without the knowledge that high school, collge/university supply."

this, however, is not true in any aspect as these systems of passing information down from one generation to the next has existed since humans were first capable of telling stories. the knowledge allows one to complete a task, and in our society, it is ONLY if you have such knowledge that you can get the job you want. however, this knowledge is not easy to come by or understand, which is why such institutions exist. Also, our society mainly conists of those who are too lazy and not self motivated to learn the material completely by themselves. therefore, there must be someone with a greater knowledge and understanding of the material to teach the ones that want to learn.

as for his perceptions on authority and partying, authority will always exist because it is a necessity to keep us from becomming what new orleans became after hurricane katrina. partying will happen regardless of wher eone is in life. it just depends if ur a party goer or not.

"Try going to school in Europe - you have NO idea what strict is. And what about Asia? Suck it up.

That is never a good justification, and never a reason."

acually that is a perfect justification as to how lazy our western society has become. a student comming from europe or asia tends to have more knowledge and communication skills then those in our western society have. it is simply because they have a greater work ethic then we do because of the amount of discipline.

I got through two paragraphs and couldnt sit through it anymore.

What this is, is a piece written by a young adult with little hindsite who is pissed off at authority, very little actual writing or essay formatting skill, and a dictionary on hand.

The plain fact is that most kids NEED school for just as much the psychological as the mental basis. The first paragraph about how school is conditioning for the military is not necessarily correct, I'm not calling it blatantly wrong either, but to be integrated into society the way it is today, there are conditions that you must learn to work under. The biggest condition is authority. The second purpose that school serves is regarding general dumbassery. The students in America are proven to have lesser academic scores than many other countries in Europe or Asia's children do.

I have a theory about this, and how the government is grooming most Americans for blue collar jobs, you know, "trying to keep the people down," but that's not entirely relevent. School does teach general thinking skills, and I do think it should be required, because children of that age shouldnt be given the option to integrate into the workforce that young (14-18). This is the time in their lives that they are pushing for autonomy and struggling with their place in the world, they arent responsible or socially responsible enough yet to go out into the world, and they often lack general maturity. They're overconfident, and have little to no perception of the world beyond themselves.

"acually that is a perfect justification as to how lazy our western society has become. a student comming from europe or asia tends to have more knowledge and communication skills then those in our western society have. it is simply because they have a greater work ethic then we do because of the amount of discipline."

The reason that students in Europe and Asia are so much "smarter" than American kids, not only in communication, but in math, logic, technology, science, and just about every other area you could think of, is because the schooling system sets up expectations. In America, a C average is acceptable and you're only expected to pass. If your parents worked blue collar jobs all their lives, that's what you're going to do, and then you'll send your kids to public school just like your parents sent you. That's the cycle of American life. The American dream gets handed down by lineage. All other countries in the world tend to be far more culturally aware than Americans are. For instance, in Europe, it's not unheard of, if not even a requirment in many cases, that students know 2 to 3 foreign languages, by "knowing," I mean having complete fluency.

Their cultural awareness also makes them much more worldly and well rounded people, integrating them into society better with better sanded edges.

In America, they dont want us thinking for ourselves, so they dont teach us to. When we start figuring out problems for ourselves we need no government, we need no laws. When people "think" too much they do manual and menial laber less, and are more dissatisfied with it. The broader mental range you have, the less exicted you're going to be about working minimum wage per hour, or even for twenty dollars an hour. Then 1/4th are taken out for taxes.

Bullshit, I say. This kid's smart, but not too bright. The world will give him perspective.

What's he mean school isn't needed? Sorry, but I'd prefer NOT to be dumber than a rock...idiot