Posted on 09/24/2020 11:40:46 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
Many will pass. Then what?
That would involve work with no profit.
I hate to point this out. Fractions are easy.
As for drug sales, I think grams (and the metric system) have replaced ounces.
And I should, instead, explain things to you which have
already been clearly established for no profit?
Again I think not.
Trade/technical schools often require a high school diploma or a GED for entrance, unless you consider those schools to not be further education. Then, with the training from those schools, you enter the job market. Not seeing this as a screwy at all, really.
As a Juvenile Probation Officer I advised many of my clients to take the GED but then told them to go to the local community college and take some simple basic classes because then they could put on a job application the highest level of education was “one semester of College”
My homeschoolers started college at the ages of 13, 12, and 13.
Because they did not have a GED they were barred from all scholarships.
My assessment of the GED is quite simple: it is aiming low, really low. People should be aiming higher than what is taught in high school, not less. Most high school teachers are ignoramuses that they are barely educated. They mostly have degrees in teaching, which is worthless. (I'm not picking on all teachers by the way, it's the 99% that give the 1% a bad reputation.) So whether you go to high school or home school or do distance learning, the name of the game is doing more than what they expect in government schools. This by the way is not time consuming if done right. Half the crap that they do in government schools is busy work. Cut the busy work and focus on real learning (that most certainly does not appear on the GED).
They probably got beat up by the normal students.
Why should a good student sacrifice two years of their lives ( and earnings) staying in prison ( oops! “school”) because other children are lazy or stupid?
Always been a believer in tech schools. After the USN, I went back to college, got a BA, and parlayed that into some good jobs. But I’ve always enjoyed working with my hands and wished I’d done one of the trade jobs instead. As you say...it’s too late now. I make up for it in hobbies. :~]
Many kids would benefit from learning a trade...even thru the military. Learning the trade, doing a great job for people...you’ll always have work. The neighbors and I kvetch constantly about the lack of skilled, trustworthy people to work on our houses. If we find someone we like...they’re put on our speed-dials...and we pass their names around.
You neglected to list any justification...I call BS vanity.
Sorry, but what else are we to think?
“for all college courses. If you pass, you get credit.”
My wife was a 4.0 HS student 40 years ago when it meant something. She tested out of all her biology and chemistry classes Fresh and Sophmore level in college.
I barely made it out of HS as a C student and flunked out of college and eventually went back and got my degree.
Funny, for most of our married life I made almost double what she did.(self employed)
During family reunions, people would ask him questions and, if he didn't care to answer, he'd shrug and say "How do you expect me to know? I'm a high school drop-out."
Then they can vote? /S
I agree with your idea. Get the GED, then go to community college or trade school at 16. Actually, students might not even have to take the GED. Many homeschoolers start community college by 16 without a GED, but some majors might require it.
A businessman in PA, before the Trump rally (protest against stupidity) said that:
A welder will make over his lifetime MORE money than a lawyer over the same time period.
I said to my self, WHAT???? then why the heck send kids to a University?
It just shows how Great the USA is, anyone can make it, even with (or without) a GED.
You folks are wonderful. 4 and a half hours-76 responses. It’s like waking up and finding someone else’s finger up your a$$.
Ok-so a 15 year old buys a 3” thick textbook that covers the 3 r’s. All the adult family members are available to help with the details. U all know it can get the job done for free. How about for-profit courses that teach sciences at a storefront lab just to cover the hands-on stuff?
It is a state rule. States have any number of weird rules to keep their control over minors. The goal is to keep them in public school as long as they can.
In my state I wanted to hire someone to clerk in my store a couple of days a week during the summer. There were several young people who were interested but the local school board, who does not like me, refused to give them work permits. I ended up having to hire from the next county.
I love it. if they pass the test there will be a lot more work for them beyond your 2 days. There’s 7 days a week. Let them. I’m 66 and I’ll give them a free ride if they don’t have a license or car. It’s like those Amish who wanted to vote Trump for the first time but had no autos to take them to the polls.
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