They’re already allowed to take the test but they don’t get the diploma until they’re 18.
and what’s the point?
SOTU address. Give them 4 months to ‘prepare/brush’ up. Take the test 1st week of June. Those that pass show up at the school cafeteria the next day and do what Scott Walker DIDN’T do when the recall failed. They holler “Food fight!”
My Idea: ALLOW ALL 4 YEAR OLDS TO TAKE THE GED TEST
Then they have a “Good Enough Degree,” as Chris Rock put it.
Those who don’t pass will sue for discrimination.
Then they will have passed the GED test.
Did you expect something different?
They'll magically be transformed into Wizards or Dragons or something?
U Tube U.
About 23 years ago or so I took my G.E.D. test. I never graduated school. It was a class of about 10 people of all ages and we started around 9:00 am,took a lunch break then finished up around 4:00 pm. One young guy was very disruptive and the teacher threw him out. Anyway I passed with good grades and have my diploma mailed to me from Harrisburg,PA.
Kids who act up and don't follow teachers' instructions are expelled for a given number of days based on the infraction. Kids who are expelled for a third time are no longer eligible for free public education for the remainder of the school year.
Kids who loiter or commit crimes during school hours are detained for the entire day and not released until one of their legal guardians picks them up. There is also a small fine that must be paid for each day that a kid is housed in the jail.
There are some 16 y/o mature enough for joining the military,
and others mature enough to become, what’s the term?
Emancipated from their parents.
I loved my parents and our family, but I was ready at 17 to leave the family home at go to college on a scholarship.
I was ready and willing to start making my own little rules.
I think my 11 year old daughter could. She loves school and does very well. She actually gets upset when we keep her home when she’s sick. Weird kid, but has a good noggin.
The GED certification itself (i.e., without further post-secondary education or training) does not create the same labor market opportunities available to traditional high school graduates.[23] While people who have earned the GED test credential tend to earn more than dropouts and less than high school graduates, economist James Heckman has found that this is primarily due to existing differences in the characteristics and backgrounds of GED test graduates. When controlling for other influences, he finds no evidence that, for the average taker, the GED test credential improves an individual's economic opportunities above those for other dropouts.[23]
Some say overall, there is a certain level of stigma for GED certification holders that affects employability or pursuit of higher education.[24][25]
Most 16 year olds are already allowed to take the GED, and for admission into many colleges, a GED will suffice.
Man, my son would KILL for that to happen. He’s champing at the bit to get into veterinary medicine and he’d see this as fast track to that. I know there are other kids that would see it that way too, and I’d bet a goodly number from conservative families. Good way to fast track a career while avoiding the indoctrination centers.
GED is aiming rather low, don’t you think? I had my daughters taking the SAT at age 12.
Only if it is one from 1960 or earlier...
They already can. So what.
-PJ
Make it difficult.