General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

How is leaving school at 18 going to benifit the country or the pupils, Is this another govt deception to keep the unemployment figures down.I realy can't see the aim of this idea it may keep the wasters of the country out of the way for a while.And i can't see the teachers being to pleased with it they have no authority to instill discipline in the kids now so how are they going to cope with an 17/18year old man/woman who doesn't want to learn or as a minority of kids today doesn't want to do anything but arse around for the rest of their days and be paid to do so or become a mugger as the pay is better aand won't be jailed if caught.May be they think it will help with teaching a skill or trade but the pupil must want to do this from a young age and realy want to do it not just because the have to go to school till they are 18,sounds a bit like the job creation thing of the Thatcher days to me and look at the results of that!.