Summary: In his article, Roger Sipher argues that mandatory-attendance laws should be abolished. He uses the three main arguments to prove his point. First, that only people who want to learn should go to school so that those who don’t will not make those that do suffer. Second, that public schools wouldn’t feel obligated to pass on students that don’t deserve it. Third, schools would save money and their reputations.
Paraphrase: Sipher points out that many children are forced to attend school when in reality, they have no desire to be there. He then goes on to say that these children interfere with the education of children who really do want to learn.
Quotation: In his essay, Roger Sipher argues with one of his sox points, “Public esteem for schools would increase. People would stop regarding them as way stations for adolescents and start thinking of them as institutions for educationg America’s youth.”
