Do you see school as a right or a privilege? I see it as a privelege. Sure, it helps the overall country to provide free education, but there are many many countries in the world that do not, and many children in poor countries never get a decent education because they are forced to get a job at the age of 7.

QUOTE(Smoogrish @ Apr 25 2006, 4:19 PM)

Do you see school as a right or a privilege? I see it as a privelege. Sure, it helps the overall country to provide free education, but there are many many countries in the world that do not, and many children in poor countries never get a decent education because they are forced to get a job at the age of 7.

Totally agree with everything you just said.

In the United States, school attendance is not only a right, it's compulsory.

i say, save [high] school for those who want to learn. BUt then again kids out there don't have a sense of direction and the only guidence they have is only found in school. So i guess its a privilage in a way.

Yeah. And it really all depends on where you're talking about. Here in the US, it's obviously a right. People have a right to an education.

It's forced upon us whether we utilize it or not. We pay taxes and other expenses that go to schools and in turn get an education. As long as we pay, it is a right. If we had a choice, it would be a privelege.

That's right, and amen to that.

Fundamentally, it is a privilege. However, our forefathers were intelligent enough to see the need for an education, and made it a right in America. Good thinking on their parts.

the logic there is kinda off... you say that it is a privaledge as opposed to a basic right, because other countries dont have it... what are your thoughts on Freedom of speech? many other countries dont have that, is it not a basic right.


my take is this: education is a right. we (i include myself here as britain has a fre education system as well) are privaleged that we do no thave it denied to us.

Well.

For all I know. i asked many adults and students in Korea... i was kinda studying it by myself...it wasnt for school. just for me. cause i really wanted to know.

many students work at age 12 and over in korea..... and even if they dont have diploma or didnt pass the exam, they still can get a good job even though it doesnt pay a lot..

it's sort of like that here in america, right?


but i dont know... i think it's RIGHT for them to go to school... but i know for some people it's just useless and pointless because theyre not going to college cause of low money. heh...

In the United States it is a right. You have to go or your parents go to jail <is that every where or just my state? Anyway, in other countries it is a privilege but in the US it’s a right. I personally hate school and think if you want to learn you will do it with out school. I learn outside of school better, but that’s just me. But I think it’s a right in the US and a privilege else where (most places else where).

^ If you went through life without school you would not only be unable to preform in the working world but also have a hard time fitting in socially. You not only get educated academically in schools but also on how to behave and function in a society. Without school no one will be able to conform and society would be a great big mess.

As far as schools being a right or a previlig. Well you simply have to look at all the other third world countries that have children who would do anything to go to school. I think school is a previlage, not a right. Your parents go to jail if you don't go to school because its a law, not because they are taking your rights away from you.

whether it's a right or priviledge, it's something most of America take for granted.

i think that it's both. there are many other children in the world that can't afford it or aren't able to go to school. if you look at it that way, then it's a privilege. but it's also a right because you have to go here, and it can't be denied.

I think most of the people who responded to this thread are looking at the question too literally. Clearly school is a requirement in the US; that is a fact and is not debate-worthy. However, the debate is not about that; the debate is whether education, in a general, worldwide sense, is something that every human being is entitled to, or whether education is a privilege; and whether it benefits countries to give their citizens and education or not.

Well if you look back in the old days like when girls could not go to school they were still classy and all that and knew how to function in that society. But there mothers usually taught them. But it’s not like everyone running around would be a bunch of dumb maniacs. I think if you get education from your family, like some do and use to or you get the basics. You could learn if you wanted to. If you don't want to learn you arn't going to so it’s a waste of money and time. I think school should be optional, well learn the basics and then it be optional. If you want to learn you don't have to do it in a school, you can from experience, family..ect..

Yes other countries would love education but some kids don't want it and won't learn. Some in those countries to. Not everyone wants to learn, at least from school.

Learning from your parents was possible in the old days but today, because of all the dramatic changes in the recent years, it is nearly impossible. If you learned only from your parents then your knowledge can only reach that of your parents but with school you interact with so many different components that your education is only limited by your capacity to learn. Its true that girls in the old days, that did not attend school and learned only from their parents, were still classy and functioned well in the society. But you also have to remember that it was the type of society where ignorance was bliss and people not many people, that learned at home, came up with brilliant ideas to make the world better.

yes what everyone means is in this country you are allowed to go to school no one can stop you therefore it is a right

I so agree with what your saying I think that groups like people that help poor countries should help with there eductaion like evan though they have left school at the age of 17 there should be classes to help them still get an education.

^ It's not as easy as you say it is. Leaders of developing countries aren't stupid, they know that education would be the most ideal situation. But in their current state, they cannot afford to provide education to the seven year olds working the fields. There's still billions of dollars of debt and the poverty cycle, malnourishment, overpopulation and exhaustion of resources to worry about.

^

well, it is a privilege... but here in america it is a right :O!

exactly. and if they COULD afford it, then the families couldnt afford to sacrafice their childrens' income anyway

Seems like a privilege to me..

In my opinion, its a privilege.

Considering this is the Debate forum, some support on your position would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

I think its a privilege, because people can easily drop out of school and then as well people don't have to go. People look at it differently though.
It could be a right for some places i suppose.

I pick nuisance. The fixed standards for teaching and curriculum taught bothers me. However, it gives you something to impress others with, and get jobs with. School is something that will set my life, though only one of my classes will ever affect me intellectually.

"I never let my schooling get in the way of my education."
-Mark Twain

school should be a right that everyone deserves to have and a privlidge just because a child is bad or something dosen't mean they should be pulled out of achool