At worst 6.

Instead it's 12 minimum, which is twice as much as the absolute maximum that I would propose.

totally agree, the only thing that really upsets me about my upbringing was that I had to wait till 16 until I was able to start makeing my own liveing.

16??

I was allowed to work at the age of 14.

For my own money

that's when i could get a car.

other then that i was just stuck at home, would have done well to have been getting out and working for people other then my dad sooner.

Yep, fully agree

Is that US law, or do you live somewhere else?

US law made it so i couldn't drive till then.

Oh you mean because you had to drive to get some proper work?

yup

Damn, that sucks

Over here we're allowed to ride a motorized bike at the age of 14

i'm a bit of a "i will just stay home and enjoy my games" sort of person anyway, so i didn't feel trapped.

but looking back on it i feel like I would have done better if I had more work sooner in life.

Howabout"cheated out of life skills"?

I agree, I'm very happy that I was allowed to work at 14

only life skill that i'm really missing is wakeing up in the morning.

I learned plenty at home, grew up on a small farm.

Man, so you're actually one of the lucky ones

that I am.

could have been better, but could have been so much worse.

We need to do something about public education, it can't go on like this

It's wasting years of childrens' lives

that's a fact for sure.

History can be taught in the span of a few months

No more is required

yah, and i have found some great presenters on youtube with out even looking.

I was trapped in suburban middle class "it's not your place to do that job" so I came out of highschool with Jack all practical life skills like budgeting, laundry, sleep schedule ect.

I am so glad I didn't grow up like that, would have driven me nuts.

I also don't understand why teachers are so hung up on wanting to test and score children on their history knowledge

It literally makes no difference

They get out of school and forget much/most of it anyway

It's to make sure they are parroting the narrative

the more important thing for history is finding that info.

Yeah, knowing how to learn history is key, not actually knowing history

Most people will forget it all and never look it up again

well that's like everything really, cept spelling I think.

Same with geography