Journal #19

19. Should school attendance be mandatory? In your answer, be sure to explore what the function of education is, and what our nation would look like if the masses were less educated.

School attendance should be mandatory! Unless there is a resonable excuse and show evidence of their excuse for not attending and confirm it with the authority of the school which they attend. Education is a very valuable tool for people that they will undoubtly need in the future to perform well in college and in their own personal lives later as an adult.  Everybody deserves the right to a free education in the united states. A right to learn different subjects or materials in an environment and in a classroom. People who ditch and cut their classes do not realize that they are throwing away their oppurunity to a great and rewarding future where they can be successful and happy. But then there are times where a student is not able to attend school because of a certain condition in which they are in. The condition should be varified by the school and would be determined wether it is a reasonable excuse for not attending school. And they must have a certain piece of evidence to varify their absence and must be signed by their legal guardian a well as another source (doctor, lawyer, etc. depends on the excuse). There should also be the signature of the other source that can varify the absence because if there wasnt than students can convince their guardians to sign the slip to show proof of absence and then would be able to skip school but not because they have a legible excuse. if they do that than its another form of ditching school. I see that the function education as a great key that can determine the future of each student and to their life. If people were less educated than they wouldnt have any klnowledge for example in the field of politics they can blindly give their votes to any candidate just because of a certain appeal that the politician may contain instead of their experience in politics or their goals in a high positions (mayor, governor, president). Also there would be struggles for low paying jobs because the majority of the people would noot have the proper education to work with ighr paying jobs. So in conclusion education plays a very important role in the lives of many and could even shake the nation. That is why we stress the importance of education and make school attendance mandatory.