Dropout problem solved. |
I disagree with this because I don’t think kids at these ages are emotionally mature enough to make the decisions needed to plan their lives after high school.
But that’s just me....
Ah yes, high school - where they cram two years of learning into four.
Yes because the government is so good at re-thinking decades of history and making things ‘better’
I can’t wait for this young ones to be out 2 years early competing in the job market for $7.50 an hour
3 or 4 years of making $300 a week with no real life skills or responsibiities seems like suh a great idea- i wonder what they’ll spend it all on.
Dropout problem solved. |
In many states you can already do this, it’s called dual credit or dual enrollment, and it’s done through the state colleges and community colleges.
Lots of homeschoolers take advantage of it, and the kids earn their AA and high school diploma at the same time (as the course work at the college counts toward both high school and college.)
In our state you have to pass the college placement test, testing at a certain level in math, reading, and grammar,etc. in order to be admitted to the program.
Our son, and many of his friends, took this route. They never set foot in a high school and received their HS diploma and AA at the same time.
They can then enroll in a traditional 4 year school as a junior if they choose to pursue a Bachelor's degree or go into the work force, depending on their goals.
I would have loved this when I was in high school. I was 1 credit short in my junior year of what I needed to graduate right then. My senior year was essentially a waste except for getting that 1 credit. The school system I was in only had college-credit classes available at 1 school (not mine) and I didn't have a car so there wasn't much choice.
It's SARCASM, dangit, it's SARCASM! whap! whap!
Sounds like an awesome idea, the government run schools do away with bad ratings due to dropout rate and low grade scores...
Oh wait...
Great idea. I couldn’t have cared less about High School and although I was passing with A’s, except in Algebra, I couldn’t wrap my head around being taught things I had learned in earlier grades. This was in Geography, Science and History.
I started college at 15 and took the California High School Equivalency Exam(same as GED)
Today I are a productive citzen and gots nah regreyets.
Still, there are some dummies who should just stay in school.
I can’t tell you how many times I have given classes on writing in general and even proposals.
Some people are just dumb and the dumber ones have been the dorks with pedigrees from college.
I wonder sometimes what makes a person hang their diploma in a cubicle, like some badge of honor.
I only care about problem solvers and people with pedigrees, many times, can’t figure out how to do anything but get someone else to do their job.
Of course I charge them for their laziness and stupidity but, that’s just me.
The debate on this thread is a great start on the argument that there should be no US Department of Education. The quality of early and high-schoool education differs widely depending on how (and where) you school.
I finished HS Early, was going to college 1.5 years before my graduation date. I just didn’t goof off in School, no “Study Halls” or Joke classes. I took all the math and science and English classes and graduated with all requirements. It was easy, first class in college was Chem and Geography along with LIT I, and Public Speaking. I did fine. Kids that are in AP and Finish all the College Prep and do well will have no problem. Others, well, they barely make it out of HS.
Sounds like a liberal’s solution to the problem-as the kids drop out, hand them a diploma- the drop out problem is solved.
Just what colleges need ... a bunch of 16 year old girls....
I predict a surge in statutory rapes.
Just another band aid on a system that is a monumental failure. What difference does it make giving those diplomas earlier? Diplomas are given now to functional illiterates and have been for decades.
These bone head so called educators need to teach children the basics. Kids are getting that worhless piece of paper when they can’t count well enough to make change correctly in MacDonald’s. America’s public schools are a national disgrace and the politicians refuse to do anything about it.
Those cowards fear the teacher’s unions too much to make waves. They are a bunch of whores.
http://www.eagleforum.org/educate/marc_tucker/
The same Marc S. Tucker mentioned in the article who is great friends of Hillary Clinton. Remember “School to Work”?
First we institute a test in sophomore year that would let them graduate. Then we dumb down the test.