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RE: Compulsory Schooling is Child Imprisonment, Part 1
I have a hard time understanding how anyone who has been through public schooling can be willing to subject their own children to it. Education can be provided so much more effectively at home.
People say that home-schooled kids are missing out on "socialization," and this might be true. Public school is where I learned how to fight, how to stand up to bullies, and how a broken hand and time in detention is the only way to earn security and the respect of your peers. In other words, learning to socialize in public school is a great way to learn how to socialize in a prison yard.
I think for most people it is just an unquestioned fact of life that children must go to school. It's part of the authoritarian religion that most people don't even know they're a part of. But there are many parents also who would like to home educate their children but can't due to life circumstances. I'm going to address this in Part 2, tomorrow.
People say kids learn to socialize in school, but when you're in school, the teacher's always saying "You're not here to socialize!"
Most people are so wrapped up with getting to work and making ends meet that they think "at least I can send my kids to school for free." So they're not likely to think about the fact that they have to send their kids to school, or what the consequences would be if they didn't.
I wonder how people would feel if we were suddenly required to attend a church every Sunday? And we had to produce, on demand, a card documenting our attendance?
Hahahahhaha!
Looking forward to part 2!