A Modest Proposal To Abolish Schools And Introduce Workhouses In Their Place

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This 3 page paper is a proposal written in the style of Jonathan Swift’s 1729 satirical proposal to prevent “the children of poor people in Ireland from being a burden to their parents or country”. This paper argues that school is making children unhappy and causing stress and that the solution is to close the schools and out the children to work, with preference given to the jobs they their size skills give them an advantage. The bibliography cites 1 source.