You will know very little unless someone has taught or you have learnt. Schools are supposed to teach and equip us for the present world. Those that spend too much time thinking about themselves are a loss to community.

Nathan,

School is about socialising children and teaching them skills that will enable them to be productive citizens.

And homework does improve outcomes. It is well known that information learnt in class is retained far better if a small amount of revision is done within 24hrs.

Dear Josephus,

«Schools are supposed to teach and equip us for the present world.»

Herein lies the problem: as government is interested to have the world be a certain way, it indoctrinates the children in its schools to live in its envisioned world, then as those children grow they require the world to fit the only way they learned to cope with.

<<You will know very little unless someone has taught or you have learnt. Schools are supposed to teach and equip us for the present world.>>

One doesn't need to get all elements of learning at a school. An increasing number of people are teaching children at home.

<<Those that spend too much time thinking about themselves are a loss to community>>

"I just couldn't do it anymore (considering finishing year 12), being at a mainstream school, it was getting too hard, it wasn't the help I needed and whatnot. After about a year (of dropping out of school) she realised she needed to go back and finish Year 12. It was more because I was still too young and I had no idea where I wanted to go in any pathways or future-wise and I needed that extra help."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-26/quarter-of-high-school-students-drop-out/6884578

This shows why reflection and thought about oneself is important in a persons life, including for growing individuals who may be at school.

There are also subjects at school a person may wish not to undertake out of dissatisfaction. People are forced to sit through a range of subjects providing them with limited to no benefit in their mind or in reality. These feelings can lead to a lot of retaliation within a school environment, at home and in the community at large.

School time periods are usually around 25 hours per week. This excludes homework which uses more time of ones life. Some homework could be beneficial, but it really isn't at present, with a very set framework in place. Also some are attending other forms of schooling. One example from the Greek Orthodox Church includes these operating hours:

Senior High School: Friday 5.00pm-9.00pm
Kindy, Reception, Primary, and Junior High School: Saturday 9.00 am to 1.00 pm

http://www.pagoc.com.au/greek-school.html

Extra homework comes from that school, alongside existing school related work.

Some schools offer elements like meditation in Australia, being private Buddhist schools. I think only one exists here. I wish more schools would have this offering to reduce any negative energy within schools.

http://pal.nsw.edu.au/facilities/temples/

Yuyutsu,

Thank you for your previous comment. I try and comment to reduce the damage coming from the Government and inform others in terms of what others are doing. I heard Tanya Plibersek recently on television talking about education and really she's only interested in being Australia's next Education Minister.

she's only interested in being Australia's next Education Minister.
NathanJ,
Does anyone believe she'd know what to do ? I mean she doesn't seem to say or do anything of any substance/value now.