Most high school students who hate it are too stupid to benefit from HS-level education.
End free school at 8th grade and give vouchers for HS - with an entrance exam.
Almost all school problems would disappear.
Or too smart.
By the time I was a senior, I had taken everything that there was to take in HS - with one exception, AP English (which I enjoyed, had a great teacher, tested out of 12 college English credits thanks to her).
Last semester of my senior year, I had 3 studyhalls a day. Spent most of the time screwing around and sneaking off campus to buy cigarettes. Ironic thing is, the powers that be at the school wouldn't let me go to a local community college to take, say calculus or something that would have beneficial, because I "wasn't allowed to leave school grounds."
Possibly; but what about SOCIETY's??
I think education in this country would improve dramatically if students were forced to take time off at a certain point (I'm thinking a one-year period in the age 15-16 range) and get a mandatory job or internship to let them to see how the real world works and what their employment prospects would be like if they don't do well in school.
I understand Jeb Bush implemented something like this in Florida for students who were seen as high risks for dropping out of high school, and the improvement in their academic performance after they returned from their "sabbatical" was dramatic.