But what I don't agree with, is requiring people to gain an education and at the same time requiring to do "other things". Such as taking a urinalysis test for sports, or vaccinations, and so on.
I think it likely that the urine analysis test is only required to participate on the sports team, and not a government mandate.
So basically, if education wasn't required, at least middle school and beyond, life would be a lot easier for me.
Easier for you, yes, but as a society? Lack of education would wreak havoc in our society. Reading and writing, math skills, basic knowledge about our country, and physical education are all extremely important for the individuals in society to be taught. Can you imagine a United States without education? Undoubtedly if school were not required, millions would not go. How productive would those individuals be? While I typically take the side of the individual when it comes to the infringement of rights and freedoms by a government, this is one matter in which I take the opposite stance; requiring education is a necessary infringement of human rights, otherwise society would deteriorate due to a few reasons:
1). Lack of common knowledge.
If standardized education fails, it is left to parents to teach a child everything he or she needs to know in order to function correctly in society: voting ages, how to vote, drinking age, driving age, how the government works, how to read and write, mathematics, ect. Can you imagine working somewhere without being able to read and write? To be presented with a contract and not be able to read the terms and conditions?
2). Less capable work force
I hope everyone who reads this agrees with me: better education makes for a better work force. Common sense may be one of the most useful tools a worker can possess, but even then it can only get you so far.
3). Easier for corporations to take advantage
If people aren't taught their rights, and their rights are being infringed, who will stop big business?
One might argue "oh, well we could learn all this from other people", but as the number of educated people dwindles, so will the number of people learning from those educated people, and I'm sure you can see this is a slippery slope.
What I'm saying is that someone should always pick the side of an issue they wish, writing should always be about getting your personal opinion involved, not some dumbass close minded bitter man who "thinks" he's teaching you something.
I think they should always force you to take the side of the issue that you don't agree with, in order to broaden your mind by making you consider alternative viewpoints.
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