【8分】18岁以下的义务教育？

2022-06-28 11:27:1502:53 19

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Some people think all young people should be required to have full-time education until they are at least 18 years old. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Education is a major concern in most countries, which determines young people’s life prospects and the whole social development. While some educationalists suppose all young people aged under 18 should receive full-time education, I can hardly approve of this opinion.
Admittedly, achieving universal full-time education among all under-18 youngsters, to some extent, exerts a positive impact on both the students and the whole society. For one thing, full-time education provides chances for the young generation to become adequate for future practical work, after being equipped with sufficient knowledge and skills. For another, it is more literate young people in the society that help to control the youth unemployment and in the long run, lower the crime rate, since juvenile delinquency is largely caused by idle adolescents, who have been out of school from an early age. After all, the well-educated youngsters are the driving force for social progress.
However, not all young people should be forced to attend full-time education until 18 years old. Some students are not academically capable and they are eager to get rid of boring curricula as early as possible to pursue their own dreams in other fields. In other words, full-time education may deprive them of the basic rights to realize self-development, which may even lead to rebellion and strong aversion. Furthermore, the financial burden is another obstacle which cannot be ignored. Paying tuition fees for at least 18-year-period education is not affordable for all young individuals and their families. Therefore, taking the economic conditions into consideration, the youth from disadvantaged families are more willing to be engaged in the work earlier, rather than continue a longer period of high-level education, despite the higher income it may bring in the future.
In conclusion, the original intention of mandatory full-time education before adulthood is definitely beneficial to the young generation and the society, but the policy implementation must take the feasibility into account, to guarantee the ultimate effect.