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Everyone should stay in school until the age of eighteen. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

#school #age #eighteen
In many countries,
school
 attendance is mandatory for all
children
 up to a specific
age
. In India,
this
 is 14 years of
age
. In the UK and many other countries, it is 16,
although
 the UK government now has plans to raise the
school
 leaving
age
 to 18. I agree that
children
 should be in
school
 till the
age
 of 18. In the following paragraphs, I intend to put forth my arguments to support my views. The most important reason for raising the
school
 leaving
age
 to 18 is that
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 the
age
 of 14-18 is the most impressionable
age
 of a child’s life. During
this
 period of adolescence, the
children
 undergo physical and hormonal changes because of which they are under a lot of pressure.
Therefore
, lengthening compulsory schooling helps protect childhood.
While
 at
school
 students will be protected from some of the pressures in life. They have the rest of adulthood to work, make budgets balance and make choices. Providing them with space to grow for as long as possible can make them better prepared for adult life.
Secondly
, more
education
 provides the opportunity to acquire more skills and
therefore
 more options. It has been shown many times that those with more
education
 find it easier to find work and that they are more likely to find that work satisfying. What is more, raising the
school
-leaving
age
 is a crucial investment in society's future. Doing so increases the economic potential of the future workforce, and so will bring increased tax revenues in the long term.
However
, the opponents claim that extending the period of compulsory
education
 requires a huge investment in teachers, books and new
school
 buildings which would be very expensive. They
also
 say that many families need their
children
 to make an economic contribution to the family income and working early can help these families to survive.
Finally
, just being in
school
 does not guarantee that a student is learning. Unwilling students become disruptive and damage the
education
 of others in their class. To put it in a nutshell, I pen down saying that, as every garden has weeds,
similarly
 compulsory schooling
also
 has some drawbacks.
However
, these drawbacks are nothing compared to the vast benefits
this
 approach would bring and the cost needed to implement would be negligible if compared to the huge economic potential of the future workforce.
Therefore
, I believe that everyone should stay in
school
 until the
age
 of eighteen.
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