> increase the age of required education to 18 [2]. This sounds like a good idea on paper
I would recommend reading Cevin Soling's "Why Public Schools Must be Abolished" for the opposite viewpoint:
While it is possible for a North Korean POW to learn calculus under duress from their prison guard, it is reasonable to assume they will: A) associate math with incarceration; B) despise the inmates who learn for appearing readily complicit with their captors; and C. try to forget the information the moment they are free.
I would recommend reading Cevin Soling's "Why Public Schools Must be Abolished" for the opposite viewpoint:
While it is possible for a North Korean POW to learn calculus under duress from their prison guard, it is reasonable to assume they will: A) associate math with incarceration; B) despise the inmates who learn for appearing readily complicit with their captors; and C. try to forget the information the moment they are free.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmarshallcrotty/2012/02/27/w...