19. Should school attendance be mandatory? In your answer, be sure to explore what the function of education is, and what our nation would look like if the masses were less educated.

While school attendance is very controversial between people everywhere, I believe that it should not be mandatory. Many students that attend school throughout the United States do not even want to. Even though they are minors and do not legally have a choice, I believe it would be in the best interest to let them make their own decision for the school's benefit. Every year millions of dollars go to each school throughout the United States in order to provide the education to their students. Why should that money go to waste for students who just ignore everything they learn? I believe that the resources the government provides us with should be put to good use on the students who actually want an education for their own future benefit and not taken for granted.