How was まで used in this sentence: やる気がない者に構ってやるのは義務教育まで

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I was wondering how まで was used in this sentence:

やる気がない者に　構ってやるのは義務教育まで→ 意志なき者は去るほかない

Possible duplicate: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/13201/9831 — chocolate, Sep 26 '20 at 13:58
Please don't try to answer questions in the comment section. — chocolate, Sep 28 '20 at 07:03
Does this answer your question? 童貞が許されるのは小学生までだよね - translation of まで — ajsmart, Sep 28 '20 at 13:01

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 28 '20 at 01:40

It's a particle that means "until ～". 義務教育まで just means "until compulsory education".

やる気がない者に構ってやるのは義務教育まで(だ)。
It's only until compulsory education that I care about people who aren't willing to do it.

If you still have trouble parsing this sentence, check the grammar of cleft sentences (aka ～のは～だ construction).

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