What is the Purpose of School?

I feel that the main purpose of school obviously is to educate children so they have the knowledge they need in order to go out into the world and be able to function as a member of society and provide for themselves. To me school is more than just the actual curriculum though. I think it is very important to learn adding, subtracting, reading, and other essential skills a person needs to function in the world, but teaching only those things are not exactly enough. I feel school in a way has to teach kids how to get along with other people, and how to act like a respectable and good mannered person. Some people will say that is the parent's job, and it is the parent's job, but should not be limited to just the parent's job. Parents usually work long days and sometimes are not capable of spending the amount of time that they want and should spend with their kids. I am not saying that this is right, but in the world we live in today it is a reality. People need to work longer hours or extra days in order to have the money to provide for their family, and do not get to do some of the things they should be doing. This is why i think schools should also teach kids how to get along with one another, and how to act towards other people. Young kids usually learn things like this in Pre-k and Kindergarten. In these grades a lot of teaching about sharing with other and things of that nature are taught which i think is a good thing. For some children school is the only place where they interact with other children their age. For this reason i think school has some responsibility in teaching them how to interact and behave with other children and not just how to read and write. Like i said in the beginning, I do not think it is the schools complete and absolute responsibility to make sure the children in the school grow up to be well mannered citizens. I ultimately feel the parents should be the ones who are the main teachers of that, but i do feel the school should also play a role in teaching those things since children spend most of their early life in school.