So That Nobody Has To Go To School If They Don’t Want To

Roger Sipher argues in this paper that the government should “abolish compulsory-attendance laws and allow only those who are committed to getting an education to attend” (Par 3). As a fellow student I stand by his argument and agree with Sipher’s idea of abolishing compulsory-attendance laws. To support his claim, Sipher uses series of numbers, laws, and real world experiences to deliver his message to the readers. He describes that “nearly 15 percent of the school-age children in our largest cities are almost permanently absent from school.”(Par15). Also, Sipher had mentioned that “… legislators enacted compulsory-attendance laws to legalize what already existed…” (Par 4). Amongst his other comparisons, Sipher had included his experiences inside the classroom which is where he developed his ideas to support his claim. Such as when he describes what goes on in the classroom and how the children act. Again agreeing with all of his statements that those who do not try in school affect how students like myself, who come to school to learn and not because we are forced to but want to, are able to learn. This article was written back in December 19, 1977. Which shows that students trait of lacking energy to try in school is an ongoing dilemma. And those students who strive to achieve their academic goals each year are hit with those students who choose to fool around in the classroom and distract us from achieving our goal properly. Furthermore, I completely acknowledge Sipher’s argument and stand by his side to abolish the current compulsory- attendance laws to create a new system of better learning in the classroom. Like Roger Sipher had said “You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink, we have pretended it is not true in education.” (Par 7)