Editing Unschooling (section)

== Issues with coercive education ==
At least according to proponents of the "unschooling" movement, the traditional system of education, which has become known as "coercive education" for obvious reasons, has a number of inherent issues which make the system inherently incompatible with both [[Youth Rights]] and the way kids naturally learn.

* The curriculum is set by a central authority, with no say from kids in what they actually find interesting;
* Schedules are not determined by or with involvement from kids and often only contain those subjects selected by the curriculum;
* Kids are forced to change subjects by bells, rather than by their natural interests;
* The teacher assumes absolute authority over all students and often forces them to remain seated and quiet during their lessons;
* Grading systems are not only exclusively indicative of test performance (creating a "teaching to the test" mindset) but also create a 'pecking order' which encourages bullying between kids;
* Any form of distraction is immediately seen as "trouble" instead of being caused by boredom;
* Being forced to remain silent is potentially detrimental to any potential for creating and maintaining relationships.
* Kids are forced to attend by law, with truancy "police" enforcing this rule and either arresting the kid or their parents in case of any absence.

Overall, these and other points inherently take away any semblance of autonomy from kids and prevent them from expressing themselves within the coercive education system, but certain types of laws, like those banning books from libraries or allowing schools to share information about a kid to their parents without the kid's permission, make this situation even worse. Certain types of societal inequalities are also very likely to perpetuate within coercive education systems.