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The point of ending truancy laws

In Reply to: I'll try posted by Deep Dad Nine on October 16, 1999 at 11:57:27:

: DDN: I think we’ve been over this once before. Tell me about the truancy laws again. What are they? Why do you think revoking them would signifigantly change the behaviors and attitudes of public school authorities?
: Does this basically mean making it NOT illegal to not be enrolled in ANY school at all? Sounds even more radical than my homeschool extraction program. I love it.

SDF: The point would be to require teachers to appeal to the better sensibilities of students in designing learning situations. A cultural transformation would have to occur besides the end of truancy laws as well. If the kids can leave any time they want, the teachers will have to appeal to more than their fear of punishment to keep them in the classroom.

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