Five reasons why we should all love school.

One of the banes that plagues teenagers everywhere (except in third-world countries) is having to go to school. The complaint commonly aired is that first you are cruelly torn away from your parents for six hours a day at the fragile young age of five, then you are forced to endure thirteen years of indifferent teachers, untamed peers, and work requirements that don't spark the slightest scintilla of interest. School is commonly seen as a waste of time that could be better put to going on MySpace or watching sitcoms.

While I agree that school is an inefficient utilisation of time, I actually happen to like school, as hard as it is to match the appeal of the ratiocination above. There are many features of school that are way better than the real world, and what better way to present them than in a list:

1. It doesn't matter if you make mistakes, or don't know anything.

Nowhere but in school will we be commended for getting less than 100%. In the real world, we would be berated for missing parts. And, if you get stuck on something, it's easy to ask for help, or ask someone to do it for you. Not to mention there are study guides available for most subjects, which is a handy reference if you can't be bothered doing your own thinking.

2. It's less hours than a working day.

Not only it the school day pitifully short, but we also get generous recess and lunch breaks, with only about five hours of classes each day. Could it get any easier!

3. There are people there.

Most people retain at least one or two school friends for their entire life, while other friends typically come and go. This goes to show that out of the large sample that you go to school with, there are one or two decent people; a much higher proportion than in the real world.

4. Once we leave school, we'll no longer appreciate the movie Mean Girls as much.

Or any other teenager movies for that matter. This is one of the things I am most dreading about leaving school.

5. Nowhere else will we be pushed to learn.

At school, we are balled in cotton wool and nicely asked to learn stuff, and have people paid to teach us stuff, and are then rewarded for knowing stuff.

Leaving school will be a nasty shock. Accordingly, we should make the most of it and devote our lives to doing homework, because it's just like reliving school but in the comfort of your own home! What could be better.