No flames here, DANE! I have attended a couple of High School graduations here in Anchorage recently, and it is hard for me to see much difference between many of the graduates and the ones who dropped out. Of course there is a difference at the extremes (the graduate who goes on to a good college, vs the drop-out who sells drugs and steals cars), but for the kids in the middle of this distribution curve, the diploma is just a meaningless piece of paper. It has been devalued over and over since the Sixties, and is now practically worthless.
By the way, I don't see a High School diploma as essential for what is going to be a rather boring and meaningless job in the very lowest reaches of the Federal bureaucracy. I'll be happy if they just exclude illegal aliens, convicted felons, and the rest of the Democratic voter base!
I did NOT post this twice- may be a glitch in the new server??? (If I had posted it twice, I would admit it)