Should children stay on at school until they are 18?
I don't like the idea from a teachers point of view,its bad enough teaching a child at 16 who does'nt want to be there,what would it be like teaching an 18 year old. Would National Service be a better idea?
I think it should stay 18. We just need to drill home to these kids that staying in shcool now... lowering the age will let kids drop out just cuse they get tired of it and we dont want them screwing up their lives so soon.
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What is the point? I would think 14 is about right.
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I see nothing wrong with a graduated leaving age, with 14 year olds able to go into apprentices if they have clearly shown no advanced "academic" interest/ability. With adult learning available through life, any late starters wouldn't be disadvantaged.
One thing I hated about my previous existence was overseeing young people being processed through higher education that they clearly didn't want. So instead of being able to leave and get skills or a trade, and become successful and happy in practical or skilled careers, they were instead forced through an academic system that they were intellectually unable to cope with ... and turned into unhappy individuals who felt like failures. Where is the sense of a system like that?
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A lot of school leavers do A levels and go on to uni without actually knowing what they really want to do... I think when people are mature students, they tend to have more of an idea and focus on their education and are therefore more dedicated.
My mum says she has a lower drop out rate for degree courses from mature students, so I would say no. Don't make it higher. let people choose when they want to study when they've decided what they want to do and have the drive to do it.
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The drop out rate for mature students is virtually nil. And with the Open University, virtually all students are mature students anyway. They were the most committed, engaged, and pro-active students I ever taught.
I see nothing wrong with a graduated leaving age, with 14 year olds able to go into apprentices if they have clearly shown no advanced "academic" interest/ability. With adult learning available through life, any late starters wouldn't be disadvantaged.
One thing I hated about my previous existence was overseeing young people being processed through higher education that they clearly didn't want. So instead of being able to leave and get skills or a trade, and become successful and happy in practical or skilled careers, they were instead forced through an academic system that they were intellectually unable to cope with ... and turned into unhappy failures. Where is the sense of a system like that?
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If my memory serves me correctly I am sure letters where sent out from my sons school in the UK stating just that. If a child of school leaving age had been accepted for an apprenticeship then they would be able to leave but if not they would have to stay on until 18 during which time they could continue further studies in several subjects or concentrate on a vocational course
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The drop out rate for mature students is virtually nil. And with the Open University, virtually all students are mature students anyway. They were the most committed, engaged, and pro-active students I ever taught.
Yes. My mum taught on the OU too.
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