School is there to brainwash people.

Hello, and thank you for the debate. My opponent is very unclear. Whom exactly does he define as "they"? I would like to have that explained. Moreover, I believe that major mistakes are made in my opponent's syllogism. I will rephrase the points made, elaborating on them one by one, hoping to clarify some things that my opponent probably has misunderstood. It goes as follows: "They teach you nothing but useless information that you will never use in the real world.There are kids with diffrent talents diffrent needs and interests and they treat everyone the same.If a kid wants to be singer or actor he dosent need to learn maths or physics but they force you to.They are pouring ussles infomation into the young minds of children" My opponent forgets that there are reasons for children to be taught multiple subjects. Exactly because they may later become interested in one of the numerous subjects they are taught depending on their beliefs, talents or preferences, they have to get an insight into all of them. One cannot have an objective view on a field they have not studied (up to a degree, of course). If not given adequate information on all the available subjects, they are unable to make a proper choice, that will define their future. Students are able to make a mature decision on such matters usually after reaching a certain age (I would say probably around 16-17 years old). The multiple subjects system gives them the chance to get an idea of various fields of study, being quite a helping factor to their decision. It is not like, for example, a kid who is not aware the Newtonian laws would ever have an interest in physics, for they would not even know what physics is in the first place. I believe I have made my point clear. Furthermore, the idea that subjects such as physics or maths would be unnecessary to a singer or an actor (using my opponent's example) is totally false. Why? It is really simple: Is it not astonishing that a high percentage of these singers, actors and so on are now, for instance, becoming flat earthers? This is the inevitable result of skipping physics and math classes because singing or acting have nothing to do with them. The point is, while one's job may not require knowledge of a variety of subjects, reality and everyday life do. "and are crating mindless robots that will obey.You have to ask to go to toilet you cant speak you have to stay like machine for 7+ hrs.And its not only that they give you homework to control even outside of school.Why to create mindless robot who wont ask questions and will obey the system.And they have scuseeded in doing soo." I disagree. My opponent claims that all the above happen in order to control children and turn them into, as they described it, mindless robots, but does not take the practical reasons into account. It is true that children at school have to obey certain sets of regulations and restrictions. But, to quote Sigmund Freud [1], every human civilisation needs such a set of rules, in order to succeed in the settlement of the relations among the people and the proper distribution of the available goods (I used this definition from another debate of mine, namely "Atheism is problematic"). School too is miniature of the society, and therefore such rules have to exist. To answer concerning the specific mentioned examples too, I should point out that: 1. If children were to go to the toilet without permission and anytime they felt like it, I doubt that more than half of the class would be present during the lesson. It is apparent that such freedom would not be wisely given to the students. 2. I ask the reader to imagine a class in which students are allowed to talk freely to each other. The situation would be chaotic. In fact, if I were the teacher, I would quit right away. 3. I proved the significance of being taught numerous subjects above. It is only natural for that many subjects to require the student in the class for seven or more hours. 4. Homework is not assigned to control students outside of the school, but rather to test their ability to memorise and to put the knowledge they have gained in practical use. I also do not see how the sole purpose of schools, according to my opponent, is to brainwash students. How can one be so sure that "school is there to brainwash people"? School teaches children about a wide variety of subjects and prepares them for the society in which they will eventually have to fend for themselves. I do not understand what do these have to do with brainwashing. Note that I do not completely support the current educational system (at least the one I experience, in Greece), for it does have issues that need to be fixed. But the idea that it is set in order to brainwash children is absurd. As my opponent did not present any rules for the debate, I will instead: 1. New arguments will not be allowed in R4. 2. It is suggested that, except from further rebuttals, both sides present a conclusive summary of the debate in R4 3. No forfeit is allowed If my opponent has any objections to the above, he should state them in R2 Sources: 1. http://firmitas.org... Sigmund Freud on religion and human civilisation, "The future of an illusion"