Some People Want a "Schooling"

          Everyone who has gone through High School most likely either knows or is the person that did not care too much about school and grades. This in itself is not alarming enough to attract attention, but what does matter is that they distract other people in the class, who actually do care about their grades and education, and overall pandemonium. A situation like this should not ever happen. Taxpayers and the government put a lot of money towards education in hopes that the younger generation will be able to succeed the current government with enough knowledge to not drive it into an iceberg and sink it.

            No matter how much a school or parent tries, nobody except for the person in question is able to force him or her to learn. Thus, a large portion of the budget is wasted on these people who do not care or do not even try in classes. In a multitude of my classes, I have seen people consistently not turning in homework, and though the teacher tries his or her best to have them work on it, it usually does not work. These people just do not want to learn, and so any further resource trying to make them try would just be futile.

            In order to provide better education for the ones who do enjoy learning, school after elementary school should be optional instead of mandatory. Why waste resources on the ones who do not want to learn, when you can spend the money on people who do? Many people skip school either way, but if school becomes optional, then tracking them down will not be a tax on resources and wasting taxpaying money, where instead can go to providing more challenging courses or rewards for the academically proficient students.

            Some may disagree with this argument because it would ruin our country by reducing literacy rates, but like I stated earlier, people who do not want to learn will not learn it if we continuously present it to them. It does not take much education to complete menial but necessary tasks. In fact, though we put more and more money towards education, the literacy rate has not changed according to this Huffington Post article.

            Many “literate” adults have only a basic education, or an elementary education, so elementary schools should still be in effect. Therefore, school should be optional from middle school and onward, because many people decide whether or not their education is worth anything to them.