So I can see the Liberals doing a pity party for those who get kick out, choose not to get an education after 8th grade or age 16. Let’s see, welfare benefits, food, housing funds because the poor kids didn’t finish school. They can’t get a job because they don’t have a HS diploma, no GED, blah blah. These kids will just be another type of burden on our already burdened cash flow system.
They already are a burden.
A HS degree doesn’t mean that you learned anything or that you are job worthy. I don’t see how forcing people to go to school when they don’t want to is going to make them better able to hold down a job, etc. And really how can you force a 16 year old to do anything they don’t want to do except by threat of force? And even threat of force cannot make someone learn if they do not want to learn (or are not capable of learning).
We have to face it that some people simply will refuse to improve themselves even when they are given the opportunity FREE OF CHARGE.
A certain number of dropouts will realize later on how much they were in error in turning down a free education. They will try to get their GED, learn a skill or improve themselves in other ways ... but a certain number will not do these things no matter what.