Wonder why they never passed schooling for a year instead of  nine months?
436286
In some states they do have year around schooling.
75659
because it takes time to establish yourself.\n\ndon't give up :)
989726
They don't care and have parents that do not care also. So many times parents who do not have an education do not know the importance of schooling or furthering an education.
102868
Because they had very bad memories of their early childhood. Their mind is blocking them from remembering from their early childhood.
1137901
From my understanding South African school pupils want to attend school to learn and up-grade their existence.\n\nBritish kids do not have the same desire.\n\nAlso our educational authorities have failed to deliver adequate and appropriate syllabus over the years which has resulted in a deterioration in grades.
395956
They couldn't have been born on Feb 29, 1991. It wasn't a leap year
642040
nine months out of a lifetime is nothing.
364679
That’s precisely it, lack of computer and internet access. Besides that, the illiteracy index in developing countries or third world countries is very high. The schools are poorly equipped, no computers or only one or two are installed therefore the pupils don’t even know how to use them. Imagine the minimum salary being $48 per month as it is in Mozambique (once 5th poorest country in the world) to an adult who has a family of up to 12 children (they don’t know and don’t have easy access to contraceptives). These people (98% of the population) have no buying power so they will never own a computer and will never be able to pay to use a computer in an internet café.
284905
Well man needed to learn so that this world would be better. Like if people did not learn you would not have a computer or anything that you use your brain with. I wish that we did not have to go to school. But hey that is what learning is all about. To succeed in life.
702628
Frankly, schools start too late learning languages and children do not learn to appreciate the benefits of learning a language. A lot can be to do with the school also. My school, despite being a good one, had a poor attitude to languages. I wanted to learn 2 at GCSE and I ended up with no GCSE's in a foreign language. I only got to take a measly certificate in French and they gave me the qualification a year late because they lost one of my oral exams in the cupboard of one of the modern languages rooms. I took my GCSE's in 2002-2004, so fairly recent and this was the first year they made languages optional. Furthermore, probably we have downward spiral going on, where the influence of one thing, just makes things worse (e.g. the poor attitude makes kids not want to learn, which makes teachers not want to teach, etc...). I am a person who is very much for learning languages, as I know fully well not everyone is going to be speaking English, which is the common view now (Yes alright I do know that loads people speak English and it may very well take over) and it kind of limits "to an extent" your ability to embrace a culture- I feel terrible when I go on holiday and I can't say at least a few words in the language of the country I am in.
768430
because community college isnt a real college or university...people only spend a few years there and they do not have the same priorities as those at traditional 4 year institutions
735828
I started school when I was 4. I stayed in school until I was 39. I went back when I was 42. I take a class or two every semester. I LOVE school. I am 51 now and educated way beyond my intelligence. It is amazing what I know and what I don't know. I have 5 degrees. Can you imagine?
483591
sweetheart the gov't would not allow that.  the gov't will make those illegal kids go to school.
243544
There could be many reasons.... some of them what i have observed are..\n1) early Economic indipendence (i.e. people started earn from the school days it self).\n\n2)Lack of emmotional support from the home. (i.e., parents are not spending enough time with their children... )\n\n3)Media Exploitation / Consumerism (today u will find more ads / films showing more importance to marriage rather than carrier for that age)
146913
Because you simply cannot get anywhere without it.  Seriously.  Cling to your ignorance and you will always be a pathetic dependent, a burden to others.\n\nSeparate question is why do we need to go to school?  We don't.  There's always home schooling.  But for adults, ever hear of self-education?  It's really harder work than attending a school and letting the reduced expectations of the teachers see you through, but you will be better educated in the long run.\n\nBest of all might be to go to school to get from it what you can, and expect to do a lot of work on your own to fill in the details of that which the school only skims the surface.  That might take the rest of your life, if you are lucky!
1075328
My husband is illiterate. Life is very hard some times for him. He is very intelligent, but has a learning disorder. There are a lot of illiterate people out there and you would never know it. It is well hidden, and very sad that our school systems do no better than this.
740540
In main stream schooling all pupils get the same level of education, some kids take advantage of whats on offer and some do not, whether they are rich or poor. If your referring to little rich kids being sent to eton etc, then think about this, what they gain in education, if anything, they lose by not being at home for 8 months of the year. I know where I'd rather have been,