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RE: Compulsory Schooling is Child Imprisonment, Part 2
Getting away from whether they have value or not, the core argument is they are indoctrination camps. I suppose if the compulsory element was removed, allowing for homeschooling or other options for children, then that fact would change. So yes, the compulsory aspect is central. Governments know what they are doing.
I agree that they are indoctrination camps, but I don't think that is the core argument. You could conceivably have completely voluntary indoctrination camps, such as private religious schools that aren't controlled by government, and that would be fine with me if they were truly voluntary. Actually, almost any educational program could be viewed as indoctrination, depending on the beliefs of the person doing the viewing.
I think the crux of the argument is definitely the compulsion factor. Why do we allow government to kidnap our children for 7 hours a day, to control their learning and regiment their lives?
Because we have been indoctrinated by that very same experience ourselves, perhaps?
Yes, that's probably it.