Do younger people put more importance on school?

I think the younger people who are in school are more defensive about their lifestyle. They are spending so much time and energy in school and it's difficult for them to admit that other people make a choice not to go to school, and that it's ok.

Some of this fades as you grow up, get out of school and the reality of how unimportant it is catches up with you. This doesn't happen for everyone though. Some people are quite thrilled with their academic accomplishments and brag about them for decades.

The thing that annoys me about people who come to the HS section to slam it, is that they are almost always so misinformed. They spout off the most ridiculous statements that make no sense. How many times do we read "HS have no friends, no social life, etc." HS have more time to make friends, and have a social life... isn't that obvious? And do they think that adults have no friends? Those of us out of school have no purpose, and apparently don't live in the "real world." I just wish they would find a legitimate argument against homeschooling. Makes me think one doesn't exist.

Sorry for rambling there, it's a pet peeve :D

These are my thoughts: I think younger people do place more importance in the tests and how we choose to school than older people. I would expect them to, since that's a major part of their life. We all want to think we're learning the right way, whether we choose school or not. I think we all are learning the right way for ourselves. The young home schooled kids who post on here place a lot of importance on how they're not going to school also - I just think they are more polite. Once we're done with our education, no matter how we chose to get an education, none of it seems as important. It's like this: the university you attend seems much more important when you're there than twenty-five years later when you have career accomplishments to put on your resume. And nobody asks where you graduated from high school, or if you were home schooled, when you're 40 and looking for a job. In my opinion, what kids never realize is that it is much more important what you do with what you learn than how you learn it.

I believe that with each passing generation the idea of mandatory schooling becomes more and more ingrained. Young people literally can not comprehend having the ability to learn anything without a "certified professional" standing in front of them telling them what to learn. When I was young I knew many people that had only 6 to 8 years of formal education, yet they were successfully employed adults. When I was in high school and preparing to take my PSAT exam it was my jr. high drop-out uncle that tutored me for one evening in Geometry. I had not taken a class so knew no Geometry. Thanks to my uncles help I scored in the top 10%! I can honestly say that I have learned much more since leaving school and especially since starting to homeschool my daughter. While there is nothing that I can do about my past "education" I now know that I can teach myself about anything I want to learn and pass that same self teaching knowledge on to my daughter.