Education

I agree with what Jessica said, colleges and such are too exspensive.
And way too many jobs depend on a college education.
Unless you want to like, work at McDonalds or something, you must go to college, which costs more than its actually worth.

School/Education is annoying in the process.But I know its for my well-being.Without education I would be no where.I would be stumbling around wondering what to put the rest of my life to and Right now I'm not.I have a goal of what I want to be.But even the people who go to college/university end up with not too good jobs or no jobs at all.Honestly,I dont get it really.

Some bits of school are a waste of time. For example, learning about Macbeth, but some bits are usefull. You should get to choose if You wanna go or not

Americans are really, really slow with their education system. The schools here (America) spend such a long time learning the same darn thing.

I really strongly dislike my school and the Northern Irish education system, but that's because I feel there are too much pressures put on people from a very young age.
You start primary school at 5, and by the time you are 8 you do your first major set of exams (KS1) which determine how well you are progressing and whether you will make it in KS2. At the end of KS2 (when you are 11) you do an exam which determines the type of high school you can go to (either a grammar which is like a higher level of education, or secondary school which is average high school). At 14 you do another set of exams which tell you whether you can do single, double or triple award GCSE subjects. At 16 you do GCSEs which are what your employers will look at. If you continue on with school after 16, you do AS and A2 levels or you can go to Tech and get an NVQ. Then at 18 you have the opportunity to go to Uni. I mean, long or what? And doing an important exam every 2 or 3 years is ridiculous. You can't expect someone to do well in something that will affect the rest of their life when they are 16 because at 16 most people are idiots 90-something percent of the time and don't care too much about whether they even show up for school because they are more intrested in going out with their friends.
Maybe it's just me, but I think 5 is too young to start schooling and I think expecting people to make decisions which affect the rest of their life at 11, or even 16, is too much to expect off a child. Because really that's what you are when you're my age, still a child. How can a child possibly know what they will be doing in ten or twenty years time?

I think that education is one of the most valuable things we have and we are so fortunate to have it.

But I do agree with Starr. I mean, in Y12 and Y13 you have AS and A2 exams, not only both years, but TWICE both years. Sure, you can retake if you do bad, but starting this year, Unis can see what you retake and will use that against you. I think there is far too much pressure in the UK system. Once your GCSEs start, the exams just don't go away. Theres far too much stress for such young people.

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School and a good education is extremely important.
You need it to get a lot of what you want.

But I'm pretty much un-teachable . . .

I don't like school, I don't hate school.

But to me, cutting classes proves that you really don't deserve an education.

im shelby. im stuck in a boring school and i cant tell my mom because she doesnt understand and ive have aparently made this future that she sees to. and im constantly asked how are you grades? im the one who plans on going to college to get away from here. so yeah it sucks here and yes it is kind of inportant to me so ill see you around and i hope that answers your questions!!

i think education is important. whether hate it or not..you need it. i've just left school and thinking back..i'm glad i never dropped out. there's way too many kids these days who thinks school is nothing but a load of crap. i hate seeing kids these days skippin classes and hanging around shops in their uniform. it kind of sickens me in a way.

I think that education is a very important thing, but I don't agree with the school system(at least where I live). Sometimes school focus more on teaching kids facts and right or wrong answers, rather than teaching people how to think or come up with their own point of view of the world.

Education is important as long as it fits your beliefs. What I mean is, I don't think it's reasonable for someone to learn about something that has no relevance to what they want to be.

In my opinion, school is the most important time of your life. You need school to be able to have a the kind of life you want. I know a few people that hate school and think it is a waste of time and all they want to do is, recieve benefits every week because working is too much trouble for them.

But I also know people who are still getting degrees now and they are nearly 50. My uncle has three degrees already and he is just about to start another. I hate it when people moan about the fact that school is boring and not worth it and then they moan about the fact that they cant get a job. Lets face it, with more people going to uni/college than they did 10 years ago it is going to be a lot harder to find and interesting, well paid job.

Ok thats the end of my rant now

I just realized that someone said going to university is not really worth it, because it's just too expensive, and that this must be true for the U.S. and other countries. I think it’s actually a shame that such an important matter as the education of the young should depend on how lucky you were to have been born into a wealthy family. University education is definitely worth it, because in modern societies there are more and more jobs that require high qualification and less and less low skill-jobs. Moreover it clearly can broaden your horizon.
In Germany, where I'm going to uni, those have been free for everyone until recently. But right now more and more unis are implementing student fees. I’m pretty sure that I wouldn’t have decided to go uni if there had already been student fees some years ago as I’ve started, because I couldn’t have afforded it.

Here in England you have to take out loans to pay for uni. I started uni this September but have recently had to drop out. But I worked out that I was going to be in debt of £23,000+ I really want an education and I think that uni is very important. But I can see why people are scared of joining uni because of the amount of debt you will be in by the time youre finished.

yes as I've been to England everyone was looking at me like this as I was saying that I don’t have to pay any student fees, except of a very small amount of about 200 € per semester as a contribution for the canteen and to get a free ride student ticket for the public transport in your city and the surrounding area.
I’m really lucky that so far my uni (in other colleges and unis you already have to pay from the start) has only implemented fees for long-term students who extend the regular time for their BA or MA further than 15 or 16 semesters. I mean this is understandable, and moreover if you get into serious problems or become pregnant you can still extend your study time without paying any money. It’s clear that the universities must find a way to raise funds, but it’s sad that money is spent on everything first but education; at least this is the case in Germany.

My opinion on school is it is very important. I know from family members that in order for my future to be anything successful, I have to go to college. So I'm working on good grades in high school, which is working out so far and I eventually will go to college. I encourage everyone to try at school.