School, yes IS needed. But we don't need to learn what 2%-5+(17\16-7)= is when people don't know how to get a job, do taxes, buy a house etc. And the pressure put on kids by schools, let kids explain. They might be having problems at home, a bad night. For example, i am a middle school student. Living with my grandpa, my mom is homeless with a baby, and yet thats still not a good enough excuse to forget to change my chrome book?? I have to help my family. The last thing i think about is my chrome book. Kids mental health is being ripped up by things like this, hours of homework were never going to use in life yet im here staring at a job application with no idea what to do. Please help us. We need basic addition/subraction, multiplacation some division, comp, reading and the IMPORTANT history. Not terrible mental health and no idea what to do in life.