Last time I was in the U.S. I picked up "The Handy Answer Book for Kids (and Their Parents)" cheaply at a Borders that was closing. On page 284 I came across the Handy Answer for "Why do I have to go to school?" Here's part of that answer (I'd type the whole thing but I'm worried about copyright violation):
So much of what you need to know to live successfully as an adult does not come naturally--it has to be learned and studied and memorized. Children learn to speak naturally, for example, by listening to those around them, but reading and writing must be specially taught. The complicated process of learning the alphabet [...] and learning the meaning of words in order to read and write are skills that only come with special effort.
Your parents might be able to teach you these things, but they would need many hours each day to do it. Most parents [...] wouldn't have the time to give proper instruction (though some kids are "home schooled" by their parents instead of going to school). [...]
Teachers--who are specially trained to know what children should learn, and how, and when--are the people who do the job.
...state governments now require that all children go to school for a certain number of years (usually to the age of 16). So that's another reason you have to go to school--it's the law. Kids who skip school a lot find themselves in court. (Children who go to private schools or whose parents have received special permission to teach them at home are exceptions.)
If this book had been published in the 1980s I could understand this answer, but it was published in 2002. This is supposed to be a book of factual answers. They also answer "Why do I have to do homework?" and "Why is kindergarten important?" (just the way those questions are phrased bother me not to mention the condescending answers-- When you don't do homework you are only hurting yourself by not learning--or practicing--what you need to know).
Anyway, just thought I'd share.
So much of what you need to know to live successfully as an adult does not come naturally--it has to be learned and studied and memorized. Children learn to speak naturally, for example, by listening to those around them, but reading and writing must be specially taught. The complicated process of learning the alphabet [...] and learning the meaning of words in order to read and write are skills that only come with special effort.
Your parents might be able to teach you these things, but they would need many hours each day to do it. Most parents [...] wouldn't have the time to give proper instruction (though some kids are "home schooled" by their parents instead of going to school). [...]
Teachers--who are specially trained to know what children should learn, and how, and when--are the people who do the job.
...state governments now require that all children go to school for a certain number of years (usually to the age of 16). So that's another reason you have to go to school--it's the law. Kids who skip school a lot find themselves in court. (Children who go to private schools or whose parents have received special permission to teach them at home are exceptions.)
If this book had been published in the 1980s I could understand this answer, but it was published in 2002. This is supposed to be a book of factual answers. They also answer "Why do I have to do homework?" and "Why is kindergarten important?" (just the way those questions are phrased bother me not to mention the condescending answers-- When you don't do homework you are only hurting yourself by not learning--or practicing--what you need to know).
Anyway, just thought I'd share.
Lol sounds like the answers were put together by a ps drone.
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