Curent high school education should not be mandatory

My arguments are most likely to be included in my refutations, though. However, I will restate them to make them clearer. Seeing as my opponent has not opened with any definitions, I will define a few words. Current: modern and at this time Education: knowledge acquired by learning and instruction Mandatory: required by law or rule Refutations 1. "The core requirements taught in high school: literature, science, higher mathematics (ex: Algebra), and history are rarely necessary, especially for blue collar jobs and lower skilled jobs (ex: cashier). Those that need it are usually white collar workers. Therefore, society is creating economic waste by providing a service that has little benefit to the majority of people. " I have to completely disagree. How is science and mathematics not important? These two extremely important subjects have funded society as we know it today. Without these two things, we would not have technology such as computers, televisions, satellites, cell phones, and many other items! Literature inspires people to create pieces of writing that one day may produce great works of art. Literature encourages writers to produce new ideas, include new themes, and new developed characters. You can't say that books such as The Iliad, War and Peace, and Moby Dick came out of nowhere. They certainly had influence and must have had encouragement to weave such wonderful stories that people enjoy. History lectures produce historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists that search for answers as to why certain empires fell, so that we can avoid those errors. We can learn about our history and what happened and why we exist. In every class, you have those who are not that dedicated to learning, and those people take lower skilled jobs. "If high school education was not mandatory, less people would enter high school, therefore lowering expenses on education, and tax money could be used for other purposes. .. " Maybe so, but this is a very small benefit compared to the huge benefit that high school currently produces. As I previously stated, those who get out of high school usually go to college and further their studies. Some become extremely successful and make plenty of money for the economy. "Mandatory high school education directly infringes on the freedom of others. You are requiring people to spend at least six hours a day a facility. Not only that but one's freedom's are infringed. " This is absurd. An completely free society is a chaotic one. Everyone would do whatever they'd like and commit crimes, with no punishment involved. You yourself said prison, military, and school are where freedom of speech is severely hindered. This is untrue, but, using your OWN argument as support, then why don't we ban all of them? Crime doers can run amok in the streets, spreading more crime. We would have no military to defend our country. No one would learn because all schools are banned. Why don't we kill every single parent because they don't let their child do whatever he/she wants? In every society, there are limitations to freedom and those limitations are a good thing. "Since those that do not want a high school education will not be required to attend high school, those that want to learn will not have to deal with students who disrupt classes, or cause the lower standard of education since these students that do not care about high school education do not study, pay attention, and/or skips school. " This statement basically suggests that we should completely not focus on our friends and family that do poor in school and let them drop out and possibly resort to a life of crime. No, everyone needs to stay in school. Even if you have the worst, most ignorant, and most horrible student in the world, he or she will learn something when they come out of school. If the child is disobedient, then the teacher needs to have a talk with him. "For example countries like China have better high schools since high school is not required. " This does not necessarily mean that it is due to people dropping out of high school. It could be due to many other factors, such as the Chinese not having a long summer break, or staying in school more. And plus, this point is illogical and has absolutely no evidence to back it up. Why are high schools better when attendance to high school is not forced? How does that make sense? Seeing as my opponent's points are refuted, I will move onto my own arguments. Arguments 1. High school has a huge benefit. High school is the bridge to college. Without high school, kids will fail to learn necessary material such as math, science, history, and writing. You're missing four years of school. Think how much education and how much intelligence you will gain from those four years. Sure, you may not have as much freedom, but school is not a consequence. There are many people all over the world who yearn to go to school, but can't because they need to help their families make money. They don't see school as a bad thing, they desperately want to go there. 2. High school is the first step to your career job. Due to all the subjects involved in this type of school, 16 year olds begin to see they enjoy a particular subject, for example math. That leads to college, where the young adult begins to try a degree in that very subject. And in the end, it produces a fine, intelligent young adult that can further technology in the world and then pass that knowledge onto future mathematicians. Or, if you invest more research, study hours, and time in economics, then you can become a major businessman who helps the economy. And what if you study government? You could very well be a mayor, senator, governor, congressman, or even possibly, the next President of the United States. For these reasons, high school should stay mandatory.