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Originally Posted by mlurp
I prefer to think of it as more of control of the thinking process of our young.
I'm 62 and when I went to school we had nothing in classes like they do today.
Darn near everyone who finishes high school should be more equiped and much smarter than me. Yet of the ones who don't drop out many can't even keep a check book balanced. And I have 5 total. That would create a brain shortage in them.
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Depends. I worked at Harvard for a short while doing menial tasks... many students didn't know how to do basic banking... but were absolute geniuses in anything school related... Being smart and having common sense are two VERY different things.
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Originally Posted by mlurp
Yet the truth is about 45 to 55% drop out when they reach the age set where they can choose to do so. Just think about that one thing.
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I think I have to call BS on this unless you have some stats to back it up. Even in the inner cities this seems like a VERY high number.
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Originally Posted by mlurp
Where is it a right to be stupid in America.
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The better question is, where is it a right to be highly educated? We have the right to "Pursuit of Happiness"... ignorance is bliss
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How and why is it a right of a 16+ year old to say I quit school? Who gains in the long run? (Please keep in mind the whole picture)
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I am pretty sure they cannot just drop out at 16. Either they have to be emancipated, then drop out, or have guardians ok.
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Originally Posted by mlurp
And study after study shows ones mind isn't well set till about 24. So why at 16+ can a person decide to waste their life?
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To me this just shows that education is wasted on youth. How many "uneducated" people wish they could have gone back to school full time at 24 or 25... I do... but at 17-18 school was the last thing on my mind
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The large picture covers allowing more high tech trained people in our country being decide now, crime and drugs along with gangs. Because a drop out want to belong to something! Welfare and S/S fraud and ID theft. I can go on if you like but I leave room for others to say the truth.
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I actually am having a little trouble follwing this last part.