text: Students will call school many things, some are good and some are bad, but regardless of a student's opinion of school it is an undeniably excellent way for them to get to know their peers. In Elementary School my Father met someone who he would be close with for years to come, its been over 30 years and they are still friends to this day. While it's true the internet didn't exist in the eighties, if he had never been in public school he would not have met one of his best friends. Everyone I socialize with today, I met in classes in the past decade of schooling, or I met through a school event. Without the experiences one would make in a public school, they may never know how to behave socially.