'Tebow’ bill to let home-schoolers play high school sports passes Va. House

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176. Compulsory Education is a necessity.

The country that has the highest educated citizens will win in war and economical. Why did the white men win over the Indians in the new world, technology, military training, and civil engineering. The GED was started in response to WWII shortage of literate soldiers, you can not go to war today with out an educated soldier. WWII was won with superior technology and superior military training, educated generals. The cold war was also won with an educated workforce and better weapons.

Look at the natives in third world countries, where there is no compulsory education. Education is a challenge, uncomfortable. Look at your typical teenagers they rather stay home, sleep late, play video games. A lot of poor people would rather have their kids work menial jobs to support the family. Child labor laws made compulsory education to get kids out of the workforce and to put them in productive environment, not just hanging around the house waiting to turn 16.

I hope this explains your concerns, if not then US will become a third world country while the educated countries live us behind and maybe they will come and invade us with newer technology and take this country away from us like we took it from the natives.