Answers:
1: Yes
2: No
I find my self, for most of this thread, agreeing completely with JB Lee, which is not something I often do.
Though, I think, School should be ''mandatory'' because, if it was not, then we would be living in Anrchy, even more so than we are now, BUT clever people, like JB Lee who see School for what it really is, a waste of time and brain space (and for people like me who don't have much space to fill it's unbearable).
As for the history thing yes and no.... Allot of history is twisted... manipulated, to make it sound better or worse for a certain country, for example, in England Napoleon, we are taught, was a tyrant, the first communist. Whereas in France, I'm guessing, he is portrayed as a liberator and Wellington, the British General who finally defeated Bony and his Armies, is probably more the tyrant. (Just an example, doubtful it's true)
I don't go to School, haven't done for 4 (ish) years, this year, if I were to go to School I would preparing to take my GCSE's (Exams you take at 16 - I don't know the American equivalent) but instead I have 8 GCSE's under my belt and 2 A levels (Exams I should take when I'm 18), the others 3 I'm taking in June this year, then, next year (if I get good enough results), I'll be off to Uni to study Law and Politics....
Soo you CAN learn just as much, and a hell of allot more out of school (and technically less as I haven't done allot of the tedious shit that I'm never going to use in later life).
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There's three main groups of people:
People that fight authority because it's authority.
People that accept authority because it's authority.
And people that fight authority because it's wrong.
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It's the latter group that School shouldn't be ''mandatory'' for... as they can still succeed even when they're not in School.
Though to succeed outside School you need 3 things: will power, a desire to succeed and brain power.
Which is why the other two groups couldn't ''survive'' outside of School really... BUT... I guess if School wasn't ''mandatory'' then there'd be more jobs, well paid jobs for the few educated people, going soo........
Oh and another note:
"u didnt do school long enough"
Shall we compare? Yes, lets... JB Lee runs a quite successful site, is looked up to by allot of people, is pretty clever and he gets that from LIVING in a chair.... what have you accomplished from going to school ''enough''? does it make you inheritently smarter? because you sit in a classroom for 6 hours a day? having ''facts'' drummed into you? you think showing you've wasted your life will help you get a job? whereas JB Lee can show that he can think for himself.... and what do you think the employer is looking for? the sheep (the follower) or the fox? I know who I'd choose if there was a herd of sheep there and one fox, I'd pick the one that stood out that showed they knew what they were doing...
and on that final note... you joined 7 days ago... you have 86 posts... you don't seem to be doing to well to become ''less of a spammer'' when your making STUPID comments when you don't know what the hell your talking about.
So please don't waste my time in replying to you again.
/end: agreeing with JB Lee
JB Lee you live in a chair! go outside! the sun will not melt you... I think...
- Nick
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