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		bokonist on Dec 22, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 11th grade If the point of school is to teach kids to deal with the busywork of real life, why not just have kids work 30-40 hours a week? Same result, except the kids could earn real money.

timr on Dec 22, 2008 [–]

Because it's obviously not the only point.

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