The idea behind Schooling (Score 1)

In think it is a bad idea. The essence of schooling is to enable a child to focus attention on one topic for some uninterrupted period of time. A child by temperament does not have the requisite will power. By going to a structured school (or homeschooling where a structure is imposed) willpower is trained i.e. "discipline" is taught. Granted, current day schools have taken it to ridiculous levels by forcing children to be cooped up for an entire day making no allowance for their natural energy and inability to focus for a long period of time. But this is an error in implementation which needs to be fixed and not an error in method. The school that i went to was from 11:30 AM to 4:30 PM, only 5 hrs; with one break of 30 mins ! It was great, there was enough time to sleep, play, socialize, extra-curricular activities and still attend school. What needs to be done is cut down the actual number of school hours and teach using shorter hours but consistently.