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53 sats \ 8 replies \ @SimpleStacker 11 Jun \ parent \ on: Who is unschooled Education
Interesting, never thought of it that way. I assume he doesn't mean just bullying, but also involuntary confinement?
I wonder what society would look like if public schooling were still made available free of charge, but it was voluntary and not mandatory.
voluntary and not mandatory.
I understand it's not the same, but I knew people who treated it as voluntary and they didn't turn out so well.
It makes me wonder how much differently it'd be for them now had there been no stigmatization for opting out.
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Yeah, I know lots of people who were successful without finishing college, but very few who were successful without finishing high school (not that I think finishing high school is the causal factor).
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the problem is that in our current setup, opting out of high school usually means dicking around. But if the counterfactual is that you'd enter the workforce with a full time job, that might actually turn out better for some people
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Part of the reform bundle, then, would have to be removing labor restrictions on teenagers, because right now they aren't allowed to work full time.
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I'm open to that.
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+1
I've often wondered why they don't do this in Canada instead of allowing temp. foreign workers to come in in droves. Many of them work 8 months of the year and send most their money back home, or return home to spend it there.
It seems there'd be a lot of benefits, not only to the local economy but also for the kids.
not that I think finishing high school is the causal factor
It's probably not. I think there's a lot at play here, but I'd suspect that it's those who are the most ill-fitted to succeed in society at large who have the tendency to play hooky. I'm not placing blame, but we're definitely not all hard-wired for this shit.
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No, I think he means normal physical violence or credible threats of violence.
it was voluntary and not mandatory.
Also, if which school your children attend is voluntary and not assigned.
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