Why do we send our kids to school?
Because we went to school. And we were sent to school because our parents themselves had been to school. It’s what we’re familiar with, it’s what’s expected, it’s what kids do. Children have to go to school because if they don’t, they won’t learn what they need to learn in order to be successful adults.
Except that for the bulk of human history, it didn’t work that way.
Read Why Schools Are What They Are: A Brief History of Education if you’re interested in learning more.
And while I’m on the topic of education, check out Organically Inclined‘s answer to the “Socialization Question”.
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