"If a college wants you, you don't necessarily need a high school diploma, which is something that public schools would rather you didn't know. "
This represents a TREMENDOUS opportunity. We could all start Freeper University and help an entire generation of kids avoid the inane liberal indoctrination known as high school.
Actually, Freeper University isn't what I meant. That would be too much work and tons of money. The opportunity is for the Free Republic High School Diploma. We could arrange proctored assessment exams that would be tougher than CHSPE and GED. We set it up so that the kids are "dual track" or whatever it takes to get them through the loophole. And then they're off to the local community college. At 14 years of age.
It would be especially interesting to set up these kids with 529 funds and publish to all the freepers how they could contribute if they desired. Money donated into such a fund can only be used for education and not goofing off/drinking beer/loitering/whatever.