• School should be optional for the reason that the children who do not want to learn disrupt the children who want to learn. The children who cause trouble in the classroom cause the teacher to pay more attention to them and not the ones who do want to learn.

• i think school should be optional past the age of 11 because we all know enough to look after ourselves past the age of 11 it should be optional because we all know enough maths and big enough vocabs to look after ourselves we should not waste 1 fifth of our entire lives in school a quarter of the population of England and America go to school

• -At the end of the school semester, attendance should not matter, just the grades that are recieved. If the student is still able to study and pass his tests, attendance should be voluntary.

-Passing grades are not correlated with perfect attendance. There are many students who attend class every day, but still manage to fail.

-Nowadays, many students have responsibilties at home (helping in a single-parent home, helping ailing parents, taking care of younger siblings) and sometimes being absent from school is necessary.

-Voluntary attendance should be a privilage to students who can prove the can still pass their classes.

• Of course it should be voulentary earlier in our history it used to be and people were better off for it. The people in the school wanted to be there thus better education providing more one on one with kids who want to excel and make something of themselves as compared to other kids where school is just an all day babysitter for parents. Secondly i dont think the government should have the right to say who does and doesent attend school as far as i can tell our country should be free but they lock down on young people and make them go to school and arrest parents who dont make them? Does this sound right or free at all?

I am actually yes and no on this. First of all, I don't necessarily think it was an altruistic motive behind this first government intrusion into our lives. However, most very young children don't really know what is best for themselves. Just because they'd rather eat ice cream and play Wii all day doesn't mean it is in their best interests to do so. So I believe in compulsory primary education through about grade 5 or 6. After that, it should be voluntary. Also, I believe that if school were taught properly, basic education beyond eighth or ninth grade would not be necessary. The most essential thing kids need to learn is reading and mathematics, another language, and compassion toward others. Everything else is built upon those essentials. I think art and music should be introduced to them at a young age also, because I believe they are important forms of expression both for the performer and the audience. Beyond fifth grade, introduction to science, history, geography, physics, should be provided so that those with an interest in them may pursue them.

i think that children should have a choice if they want to go to school or not. If you force a child to go somewhere where they don't want to do well 1. they could grow farther apart 2. they will resist to learn and will only feel angry & 3. i think that kids can learn just as much from common sense, books and their elders.

I have just 1 thing for everyone to think about should people really ahve to be forced to go somewhere? this isnt about rather responsibilty or if youd o or dont want to go to school, this is more about whether or not you would willingly make your child hate you or never learn anything because all they can think about is how much they dont want to be there

It should be the child has parents and most parents want their children to have a future right so yeah i can be a choice and sometimes it shouldn't, depends on who is there parents!!! Ay???

It is a choice because the jails are full of parents and kids that did not make or did not go to school.