Are schools necessary?

I think that schools aren't necessary, especially if they're run like Gatto says they are, for the most part. (After all, homeschoolers do just fine, as he points out. And homeschoolers don't have to be just you and your siblings taught by you parents. There are homeschooling groups for the social part, where you gather at people's houses. Homeschoolers can join groups for more social interaction. You might have to be more motivated as a homeschooler, but they do work). I've never been to a public school, so I'm not sure if the 'Prussian' system is actually the norm or if it is just an exaggeration for argument's sake. My suspicion is that it is not acutally like that for the most part. Still, if the purpose of schools is to learn, both academically and socially, then schools aren't necessary. People can learn in groups, in unregimented educational systems, etc. However, as in some parts of the world, the purpose of an education is also to learn sanitation, health, good habits, etc. If one comes from a family in which all that is taken for granted, then that's fine. Or if not, and one goes to a learning place with kids/adults who know all that, then that's fine too. However, whether schools are necessary or not really depends on where you are in the world. But generally, they're not. And 'warehouse' public schools certainly are not.