Whats the point of school??

Question

Whats the point of school??

Answer 1

So you don't end up in the street corner of McDonalds asking for money in a cup.

Answer 2

so that you can be successful in whatever you want to do. you cant do anything without going to school. if you never learned how to read or write you'd be homeless. or still living with your parents.

Answer 3

who know's

Answer 4

A LIFE =]

dont go= NO LIFE in tha future.

go= Money, house, family u can support

Answer 5

so you can get a job to get money to sustain life

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Answer 6

school is meant to prepare you for your future career. see cause when your in school your supposed to learn.

Answer 7

The point of school is to get an education.  For people planning on going to college, its to offer them a sample of different subjects so they can find their own realm of interest.  For the people who want to do technical work like car work and the like, its to make teach them to be critical thinkers and (hopefully) help the democratic process along.  People who don't do research and critical thinking everyday in the workplace still need to know how to do it so they can form opinions and make well-informed choices during elections.

Answer 8

So we're not all fricken idiots. The world is complicated and people need to learn skills and trades to keep it running. School is basic needed knowledge. It also helps kids develop social skills

Answer 9

to be educated by "some" of the worse teacher that are imaginable.

Answer 10

to learn stuff even though you may not ever use them ever again in your life

Answer 11

i know i ask myself that question all the time

well i dont know

my opinion i really hate school

the point of school is ?????

Answer 12

People need an education in order to have a well future.

Answer 13

to learn

Answer 14

are you serious??

maybe to get an education, so you can get a good job, so you can earn a good amount of money, maybe??

Answer 15

dude, if u want to get into a division 1 college to play sports in, u better like school! For example, Uconn has the best bball program in the country.   That is almost an ivy league school.  Also, u have to have good grades to play on teams in Middle School and  High School, and College. Also, if u want a good job that pays alot so u can be a millionare u have to have a college degree. So, that is why people want u to go to school and learn important things.

Answer 16

To learn how to function in society... Basically. Have you ever been around people who were homeschooled all their life?

They are VERY weird and act and talk differently around other people. Like they don't know when to stop.

Answer 17

an excuse to not get a job and smoke lots of pot!

AHHH, i love working on my BA in writing!

Answer 18

To be educated & to learn.

You shouldn't take school for granted. If we didn't have school we'd all be a bunch of babbling idiots. Which means nothing would get done & nothing would get invented. Like the internet for example.

Answer 19

prepare u for the real world so you dont end up having to hold up a sign in front of the freeway entrance just to get one dollar

Answer 20

some times it mite seem like school is totally pointless but

some of the things yo learn turn out to help in life like jobs

maybe if u go on TV and play a game show 'who wants to be a millionaire' and trust me some of the things in school are pointless i mean who uses a box and whisker  graph its a real type of graph.

Answer 21

to know how to read and write basically education

and get a better job and have good future

Answer 22

well from a teachers perspective its to teach kids what they should know, and to have a future generation that will take care of them when they retire. then there are the students who do it to get a job that will progress them in the world today. then theres the parents who either want the kids to grow up and be like them, or to leave their kids in a place where someone can baby sit them for about 6 hrs.

Answer 23

..so you don't end up on MySpace

Answer 24

So you can get  a job and a home.