Education should be a privilege, not a right

1. Alright, so they get expelled and move on to a new school, where they get kicked out again and move on, where they get kicked out again... See the cycle? Alcohol does relate, because it proves that people can recognize something before the law states that we can. 2. Injecting potassium? That's a little harsh! Seriously though, we shouldn't give up on them; instead, we should help them recognize that there is a better life out there and they can attain it. I keep mentioning this "apathy"; I think it plays a major role in the problems our education system has. Right, abused children haven't done anything wrong, yet it's okay to let them grow up and abuse their children? That's doesn't seem right. We need to teach those children that they can overcome their circumstances and create a life for themselves that they only dreamed of. Becoming a hinderance to the future of our country is not the best way to fulfill their lives and potential. Granted, the abused children have many psychological problems, but they still want to escape their situation. An education is the best way to do so, yet it's taken for granted by so many. It's like climbing a rope (if you can't climb said rope). When the rope's just there, you can't climb it. Now light the end on fire and watch. Adrenaline kicks in hard, and people can do things they never thought possible. (Not the best analogy, but you get the point) My idea simply adds a little epiphany to the system. "Who is going to be the judge?" An excellent question, one that would have to be answered by whoever put this policy into place. If it were up to me, I'd say it should be a panel of teachers who have had the student in question, as well as administrators and counselors. But the decision wouldn't just come out of the blue. Conferences still exist, there are ways to inform parents/students of the situation at hand. It's still America, people are innocent until proven guilty. Those are sad statistics, and you admit that there are many cases that go unnoticed. How does that get affected by either system. Child abuse still happens either way. While that sounds horrible, it's true, and the argument has no uniqueness. If the child isn't going to tell anyone about the abuse, and it's going to go unnoticed, what can we do? Simply being at school isn't going to solve the problem, your statistics prove that. And if SRS is going to find inconclusive evidence, again what more can we do? It seems like at Catch 22 to me. But they can improve their grades. They can ask questions, ensure they understand what's going on. Depending on where you go to school, homework doesn't usually start happening until about 4th or 5th grade. Understanding and grasping concepts is enough to get through. Again, according to your statistics, 3 out of those 4 daily fatalities are children 4 and under, who don't go to school. Your statistics also state that abuse happens across all socio-economic levels, in every race, every education level, every religion, every culture, etc. Also, if you look at the graph, deaths from child abuse have been on the rise from '01-'03 (no data is provided from '03-'08). I ask my opponent why this is? *I encourage the voters to look at my opponents source* 3. I agree that the child needs food, clothing, and shelter. How would they attain this? Through a good education that isn't being provided for them due to apathy. True, we shouldn't punish the children if it isn't the child's fault. But to an extent, it is. It's not like the children don't understand education. Teachers continually preach about college and needing good grades and good study habits. We all have problems, maybe not to the extent that abused children do, but they still exist. It's human nature to latch on to those who accept us and make us feel safe. If school is truly their safe haven, these students would be up early just to get to school and escape their problems. They might even try to manufacture reasons to stay late. Human nature is to get away from danger. Fight or flight. So unless abusive parents have found a way to reprogram the human mind... If a child is abused and/or has psych issues, they can still make an effort to understand. Like I've said before, asking questions is a great sign of attentiveness and proves effort. Children understand, and usually understand things a lot faster than adults. Why do children have hype for their first day of school? It's something exciting and new, and as a society, we build the need for an education early. 1) There's technically the possibility that people of any age don't understand something they are supposed to. 700,000 seniors graduate "unable to read their high school diploma" http://www.efmoody.com... Obviously, the system had a breakdown, and nothing was done about it. Why do Americans settle for this? I wish I knew the answer. 2) "We might be able to get the student to understand and to change". That's only a might. By the same token, we might not be able to. It's like pearls before swine. Will people eventually see the error in their ways? Hopefully. Is it worth "dumbing down" our nation's students while we wait and see? I don't think so. You've targeted one specific group of people and used it as the cornerstone of your arguments, to the point where you're calling me selfish at least once a round. What about the kids that come from decent homes, yet see school as a huge waste of time? You're overlooking so many other groups of people. I honestly don't see myself as selfish, whether that's naive of me or not. Either way, you don't know who I am and I don't see how you're entitled to make that judgement on me. I don't see how wanting everyone to value an education and live to their fullest potential is selfish of me. If everyone appreciated their education, that would create more competition... not less. 3) I asked "Why do we continue to have problems" and got the answer "Because we continue to have bad problems". So we have problems, and will continue to have problems, but that's no reason to try something different. "If you always do what you've always done, then you'll always get what you've always got(ten)." So evaluate the system. Is this something you want to continue? Continue the abuse, the apathy, the feeling that schools will do whatever those who choose not to care for their child won't do? This idea doesn't widen the gap at all! Abuse happens equally to everyone regardless of anything! http://www.childhelp.org... What it does is place an emphasis on education that hasn't been seen in 50 years. It encourages college by changing societal norms. It's synonymous to the Scarlet Letters of the olden days. You put a negative connotation on people who don't have an education, and people will ensure they get an education! I would bet most students would be allowed to go deeper, but we really won't know unless this idea was put into place. Our opinions really don't matter on the demographics of schools should schools implement this idea. Okay, granted, I could have been born to anybody on the planet, but why should there be homes that don't care about education? I think we both agree that education is vital. Yet other people shun this belief? Why should we allow this mindset to continue? Getting an education won't get any harder because if society teaches that educations are necessary, that will reflect on children. Why do you think alcohol companies target young people in advertisements (and cigarette companies when they were allowed to [Joe Camel])? Because if they portray their product as one that allows people to have fun, youth will get ahold of it. Once again, I'm selfish, according to my opponent. If school is their only solution, they have no reason to shun it. Yet contrary to popular opinion, they do and they end up dropping out of school, continuing the cycle