• ashok36@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You assume that the primary purpose of public schools is to educate children. It’s not. It’s free daycare so both parents can go to work and contribute to gdp while barely treading water even with two incomes.

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      1 year ago

      That was the primary reason I mentioned the whole age thing. Teenagers really don’t need a babysitter.