"Education is the cultivation of a person, not the manufacture of a worker"
It's neither; the american school system is a socialized daycare so that their parents can go work a full day without worrying about what their kids are up to.
It's neither; the american school system is a socialized daycare so that their parents can go work a full day without worrying about what their kids are up to.
If it were, the school day would be more closely in line with work schedules, rather than being about 6 hours long and starting/ending at wildly different times depending on the child's age or just what school they attend.
Parents generally have to supplement supervision at school with beforecare and/or aftercare programs of some sort.