In north America you finish schooling when you are 18. I'm from the UK and currently living in Florida. I believe that schooling should end at 18 as the ones who do not finish schooling are more likely to go on the doe.
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In north America you finish schooling when you are 18. I'm from the UK and currently living in Florida. I believe that schooling should end at 18 as the ones who do not finish schooling are more likely to go on the doe.
That being the main reason why they want to educate people till 18 ^ because that's quite a high number, I agree with staying in education till 18. I think that many 16 year olds are still not mature enough to make decisions that could effect there whole life, by staying in school or doing an workplace training isn't going to make you drop dead, the government are doing it to give you key skills for the future not just for giggles, and it is working in other countries such as Canada and AmericaQuote:
A tenth of 16 to 18-year-olds are now officially classified as Neets - so-called because they are "not in education, employment or training".
In my opinion by having a standard leaving age of 18, it would reduce wage inequality, because all people leaving would of had roughly the same type education and qualifications, unlike today where you have that gap between people that have just done GCSE's and A levels, and although people in this thread have said that people they know who have left at 16 have got jobs, the statistics show that those leaving at 16 are more likely to be in a lower wage bracket, then those who stay on to post 16 education.
With the world getting more and more accessible it’s important that we step up to the level of education to meet the rest of the world, so that our citizens have an equal chance of getting a job in places like Europe, America and Africa where the leaving age is largely 18, by staying in education the higher the chance is that they will have more skills to take into the work world.
Although many people are saying that some people are just not suited to the academia hot house ideals of schools, the +16 education would not just be school, there would be work placements and more vocational courses, which in theory of course over time, not straight away impact lower down the school meaning that those, who are not as suited to the academic would have options lower down focussing on a more vocational type of learning.
In the greater scheme of things as well by raising the education age, it has a better effect on the economy, because of more a more employable workforce that is more efficient, and has less people on the dole
It would also break the cycle of people leaving school early, because you are statistically more likely to leave school if your parents left school early, which links back to my previous point about promoting education equality, as the places where there are the highest +16 leavers, are in lower poverty areas which should in theory give everyone a more equal opportunityQuote:
As the Ontario study has shown, the impact of extra years of education on earnings and economic productivity is also disproportionately heavy at the lower end - that is, two more years at school for a 16 year old will make a much greater percentage difference to their later economic worth than two years of graduate work for a 22 year old.
As the proposal is for 2013, I doubt that it will effect that this will affect any people on here, but what people seem to forget is that the last school leaving age rise, was only in the 1970's and people have now adjusted to it, as someone said above me, it will become the norm.
There not saying that the law is going to be stay in school until 18, its stay in education until 18, so people could do a course like your cousin as an option under the new lawsQuote:
My cousin left at 16 to go to building at college because the school didn’t have many things that covered that. I know I will be staying till 18 and hopefully moving on to university. But I don’t think it should be a law.
I don't think people should be made to stay on at school until they are 18, however I definitely think that they should be given the option and choice if they would like to. otherwise you will spend approximately 6 years of your life actually in a classroom (this fact really surprised me):O
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Keep it as it is, if you want to stay in education then go to college. They shouldn't make you stay at school untill your 18 with all the *****.