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Jakyl25 posted...

Corrik posted...

Jakyl25 posted...

Corrik, whats your opinion on mandatory education?

That it is a good thing.

I was kinda asking for more detail on to what age should it be mandatory, and what punishments should be for parents who dont comply?

I think that is up to federal and state levels to decide.

I don't mind countries (who always post misleading stats on education) that make high school non-compulsory and more merit based.

But, children should go to school from a young age. I am fine with 5. And at least go to school until they are of an age they can understand abstract thinking.

5-14 maybe at the least. I am fine with the current system as is also.

Fining parents I think is kind of dumb after a certain student age. I think students should just be required to make up days missed in not reasonable excess and be automatically failed if they do not make them up. Rather a parent be fined only if a student under the age of 13 did not make up classes in addition to them being held back. Above age 13, I think the fault should lie on the student. Without reasonable reason they should have to make up the not reasonable excess. If they don't they are held back and their license is held back from them for say 6 months every year it happens.

I know parents whose child simply willfully skips and they do not know how to stop it and it falls back on them. That is fine up to a certain age, but at some age, it needs to transfer to the students responsibility.

I'd but not reasonable excess as days over 10% of the year missed without legitimate medical reasoning.

I think 18 missed days out of 180 with excuses for a reasonable amount is fine. Maybe 10 excused abscesses. 2 allowable misses without excuse per quarter for up to 8 a year.
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