I completely agree; making school anything less than mandatory would devastate several things, our economy as well as our appearance in front of Anne Robinson.
I am in the last week of my exams now, and I would like to thank all of my teachers for their hard work they have done.
But I wouldn't agree with your definition of a slave:
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Originally Posted by raytri";p="
providing labor that produces labor or a service. Perhaps he or she does so indirectly, through the compulsory consumption of a service (education) that is supplied by an industry (the education establishment) that has no other purpose or constituency.
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I looked it up on
www.dictionary.com and got the following:
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1. One who is abjectly subservient to a specified person or influence: “I was still the slave of education and prejudice” (Edward Gibbon).
2. One who works extremely hard.
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A student is subservient to the influence of their teachers, we are punished if we do wrong (although not too harshly any more), and we do work very hard, especially at this time of year.
So although it is necessary that everyone should receive some formal education I feel that education should be a matter of choice for the major examinations including GCSEs. I feel that many students do not get the grades they could at GCSE which may or may not inhibit their future in school or at work due to the irritating members of the class taking up most of the teacher's time and interrupting concentration. If it was a matter of choice then it would mean that only the people that wanted to learn would be in class.