Top Ten Reasons Why School Should Be Optional

I don't dislike school. I made this list because I was surprised no one had already done something like this. I feel bad for those who do dislike school. Also, there are reasons why I gave this list a more positive title. Haven't you noticed it wasn't titled "Top Ten Reasons Why School Sucks" or anything like that?

Dear teachers,

I don't care about literature, I don't care about algebra, I don't care about PE, I don't care about history (except for computer history), I don't care about RE, I don't care about geography, I don't care about poetry, I don't care about half of the math stuff I learn, and so on.

I have had a lot of very nice and caring teachers, but only a few who don't care.

My math teacher once flipped my buddy off.

As a child or young adult, you spend more time at school than at home.

This is a very true point. I want more quality time with my grandmother.

Unless you go to a boarding school (and there's probably a reason for that), school isn't 24/7.

Either fight back, tell a teacher, or ignore those pricks.

Yes, it did to me. I learned physics and chemistry in high school, but when I went to university and took a liberal arts major (social studies), I literally didn't remember anything from those subjects that I had studied for almost two years.

It's true because I'm a 10th grader, and I don't remember half of the things they tell me. If school focused on topics we enjoyed or that caught our attention, then maybe we would all want to go to school.

It's so true. I'm in a Swedish school, and I forget a lot of things. They try to force us to learn more things than anyone can, then they give you a test on something else.

They were students once as well. They understand.

Most of them care about money. It's like, why does it matter if students learn it or not?

This is true, as not all of them know what we might be going through.

I didn't want to relearn shapes, so I did algebra instead. The work I got from the new teachers at Vine is too easy for me, and I think it's time for some hard work.

Some people just don't want to learn, so be it. If they don't want to put in the work to get a decent job, let them pay the price. School wastes too many resources on them anyway.

Homework is too much with too little time to actually finish it, unless you want to sacrifice your sleep time.

My English teacher said, "You spend 60% of your childhood with your classmates," but all of them are annoying.

I wish to spend more time with my friends than sitting in a room for 7 hours a day.

I meant the freshness of home-cooked food.

Well, that is true for my school.

We wake up at the crack of dawn just to sit in a building for 6-8 hours, having to learn the same things and see the same people over and over again. A huge chunk of what we learn is useless unless you want to join those professions. And when we come home, we get 3-6 hours of work.

Seriously, 8 hours in a class, summarizing, rewriting, and relearning the same stuff? Some of which we don't need? No thanks.

I hate how you spend 5 days a week and 6 hours a day at school, and then you have homework for 3 hours. Sometimes you even have homework during weekends when you're supposed to be relaxing and/or doing stuff you actually enjoy.

I want to enjoy being a kid, not waste my life at school.

Instead of five days at school and two weekend days, there should be four days of school and three weekend days.

Once you get into middle school, it's like you'll never have any fun. At least there are dances.

I was depressed because of school for many years.

Studies show that kids who are too pressured about school do consider suicide.

I hate how boring Social Studies is. Obviously, I won't major in it, so why am I forced to take it?

Yep, true. Only 2 or 3 will like to do something in the useless classes.

Yeah, I have been bullied by lots of people.