Why do we have to go to school so long?
538495
You don't.  Drop out at age 16, get a no or low skilled job.  Buy a car and go to bars every night.  Sound like a great life?  Gets very boring after the first week or so.  You need the education to get a better job and the intelligence to make something of yourself.
449759
There are a few reasons 1) The educational system, and society in general, thinks that by rounding out your education, you will be more versatile to give back to suety.  Further, you will be enriched personally, and that's important to appreciate the various aspects of society and life.  2) It gives you exposure to different fields to help you decide what you want to do.  We are a nation of creators and innovators, and the system wants to encourage that. The education system and society also want people to focus on their competencies so we have maximum efficiency, and that can only be achieve if you are exposed to everything to discover what you're really good and AND what you really like. 3) Knowledge is valued, and it is power.  A creative approach supported by appropriate knowledge opens up new avenues  4) The school systems are mass welfare states for the professors.  To obtain life's earning pass, students are  going to be forced to take a wide range of courses that they are probably even better off without.  That pass enables the teachers to re-enforce their valueless system, and to retain the benefits that the university-welfare system provides them, so that instead of being forced to "do" and actually contribute to society, they can sit on the sidelines and vomit their ideological bile for four years, decrying society that "has it all wrong".\n\nIt could be any of the above 4.
322819
i thought we already discussed this...lol it's because they want our money and to torture us and give us bad grades b/c we don't want to get up and go to chemistry or to ford's class :)
940488
It varies among people.  Some folks are ready to roll right out of high school; others have had enough of the academic life and want to see something of how the real world works before diving back into academia.  One is likely to find that the real world is rather cruel to people without college degrees, and that may help motivate one to head back to school.
706122
The reason for the "vacation" was because the kids weren't going to be in school anyway.  They were busy with harvest.  It was critical to the community that everyone work.  Today, it is called a vacation.  Personally, I think that kids don't see enough family time.  I also believe that they don't see much during the summer either.  Children start school earlier and earlier.  By law, they have to start school at four years of age.  It isn't enforced, but it is the law.  That's 14 years of school before college, and they want the summers too.
78031
Actually, School is an important life skill!  If no one went to school, how do we have computers, bombs, lights, speakers, mp3, pencils, mirrors????  This all come from science, a part of school learning.  Don't you want a good job that might put you in charge and not have to do as much work?
200482
No, many people take a long time to progress through school -- it can take many years to complete your schooling if you plan to go to law school, medical school or to get a doctorate.\n\nAlso, many middle-aged people go back to school to advance their career, especially now that our jobs are being outsourced, it's more important than ever for workers to have the skills they need to be successful in an increasingly uncertain economy.\n\nAnd finally, people who are retired often like to go to school just for personal enrichment.  After all, you're never too old to learn, so many senior citizens like to go back to school where they can learn about something they'd always been interested in but may have never had a chance to study.
474970
I think you need to deal with the reasons for wanting a day off school.  It doesn't really bode well for your future if you fake being ill to take a day off school.  You have holidays its not like you're there 365 days a year is it?  Some people really value their education and will go to school despite being ill so there is no reason to 'need' a day of unless you are genuinely ill or something really bad has happened.
453383
Education is a result of experience, we learn from our experiences and through them.  Without our intitial experience during childhood, we would have had the hardest time learning, because we use our experience as our reality.  This experience is also the foundation of our education.  Now, we all have an obligation to go through schooling for a certain amount of years.  Some go to higher education and others don't.  Going through higher education gives you a wealth of experience of having fun and meeting new people.  One who did not go to get higher education is just as more likely to go through a similar experience.  Our society however needs proof of how reliable of a person you are, and what better way than to see what kind of education you have had.  It sucks, but it's the reality, right?  Of course, if your long term goal in life is to become rich, you will never be rich.  If you want to be rich, you will find many ways, even without having the education.  An employer should go by both, and they do check your experiences and education.  If however an employer requires that you need at least a BA or BS degree, and you do not have one but have lots of experience, they should choose which ever weighs more.\n\nBut no doubt, i believe experience is more important in life.
369770
Most academians think learning must be the basic stuff like English, math, science, and the added stuff like computers and business. There just isn't enough time in the day, or so they say. So as a result they eliminate what THEY feel they don't need to teach. PE is good for a lot more than staying in shape. The body needs activity just as much as the mind. Funding has eliminated some of these classes as well. Music, sports, art are being hit by budget cuts. Takes less money to order a book and use it over and over than to have equipment and supplies.  By the way, according to the article I read, it is a nationwide problem getting schools to have PE, and it starts even in elementary school.
350418
Because the schools have decided to extend the summer vacations to give the over-paid and underworked professors more time than they need.  As a result, they cram all this crap into a few months, when it should be about double the time.  Also the students are used to tons of time, so how can the institutions change that?
783315
School is for learning. Forget about chatting and concentrate on a good education.
199196
Because life after school is harder.
410984
Like you probably wouldn't have time to do your homework because you're to busy working to do your homework.Right when you get from school you probably just have time to get ready to go to work and you don't get off until late at night.then you would have to do it in the morning at home b4 you leave home or in another class.
78927
So that each individual does not have to relearn all the knowledge of humanity in their own lifetime, but rather we may stand on the shoulders of geniuses and accomplish things that we could not alone. We acheive for them, we acheive for ourselves, and we acheive for our children, our future. We go to school so that we may know, not believe, but know that we are not alone.\n\nThat being said, doesn't school bite sometimes?\n\nGood Luck!
531241
If you arent dedicated enuff to go to school for the 11 years, then you shouldnt be a pediatrician. If it was something you wanted to really do, it wouldnt make a difference how long it took to complete.
7097
There are so many out-of-school holidays for American children because in America children only have to go to school for about 180 days, give or take a few.