Abolishment

Mandatory school attendance in the United States has become a grave problem for the proper education of many. It is a threat to the quality of schooling in the U.S, and so should be abolished immediately.  Benefits of this would begin in Elementary schools, as they would “change because students would find out early they had better learn something or risk flunking out later” (Sypher). It is important that this law be abolished, because schools are not to be considered “day-care centers” (Sypher) or “indoor street corners” (Sypher). Furthermore, the “decline of standardized test scores” (Sypher) is possibly due to “recalcitrant students” not wanting to learn anything. It is said that “you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink” (Sypher), but we do not apply this theory in education. If we want to improve the American education system, we must “abolish the compulsory-attendance laws” (Sypher).