Re:Bullying has to stop, now.
by moron4hire on Tuesday February 26, 2013 @11:11AM
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so "we" have to provide mandatory schooling and a value judgement on what constitutes the "correct" schooling, but "you" have to deal with societal issues.
"we" in most western countries do tend to provide schooling to our children and make it mandatory
"you" in America seem to have some extra problems in this area, which I still don't think overshadows the benefits
Yes, problem?
I disagree that it does nothing. Some people still get the opportunity to better themselves through education, even if it doesn't help everyone.
Schools becoming prisons is a weird US phenomenon, I think you have societal issues to tackle that are much bigger than schooling.
And it's still better to have kids given access to education under those circumstances than not at all (and without it being mandatory they would not have access. No, they wouldn't)