Talk:Raising of school leaving age

School feeling like a prison

One problem with a compulsory leaving age is that school can begin to feel like a prison - corral the unruly mob? Addressing this issue would require a more subtle approach, certainly more so than just concentrating on a fixed leaving age. The variety of ability, interest and maturity of young people/children at 16 is quite shocking. Anon coward, UK —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.30.126.139 (talk) 09:09, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

• Exactly like the age of consent really????? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.148.207.230 (talk) 11:08, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

You cant force someone to do something they dont want to do. --70.242.131.206 (talk) 22:32, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

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South Dakota listed twice

I noticed that South Dakota is listed on this page both under "States that have raised their minimum dropout age to 18" and "States debating raising the minimum dropout age above 16." I don't know which is correct, so I didn't edit it, but if someone knows which one is correct, it should be edited. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:BCD9:3370:1D8A:653E:A647:C7D (talk) 21:59, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

Contradictory

The article title implies the topic is about compulsory schooling, but the lead section talks about compulsory education. This is a very big difference, especially when considering that the countries listed have sometimes compulsory education or compulsory schooling laws. It would be appreciated if someone could make this distinction clearer to prevent misunderstandings.-- Maxeto0910 (talk) 15:42, 28 June 2021 (UTC)