HELP please!! should school attendance be voluntary?

Of course it should be voulentary earlier in our history it used to be and people were better off for it. The people in the school wanted to be there thus better education providing more one on one with kids who want to excel and make something of themselves as compared to other kids where school is just an all day babysitter for parents. Secondly i dont think the government should have the right to say who does and doesent attend school as far as i can tell our country should be free but they lock down on young people and make them go to school and arrest parents who dont make them? Does this sound right or free at all?