I don’t think I was trying to go outside the box completely with my comment to just dump HS as a retirement. It’s just, my jaded view of the world and what I see as “forcing” HS kids do anything isn’t going to work so we’re dumping 10k+ per year on kids literally down the drain since it’s just not going to work.
You don’t go from 1 day as a HS kid looking to just past the day, screw around, be a bully and get by to wanting to suddenly go to college and be “one of those brainy/nerdy kids.” It’s just not going to happen.
Having a close family member who NEVER graduated from HS at all in a family where near everyone is a doctor or advanced degreed person, bottom line is some kids were just never meant to succeed in the classroom and school, in a way, will just end up pissing off everyone.
Maybe they had ADD or some other medical issue, but doing things along the lines of vocational school, military, athletics, etc…actually gives these kids a BETTER way to succeed and contribute to society vs. having them waste 4 years in HS when they really would just graduate with non-basic HS skills anyways and no job. Take that 40k we’d spend and even pay them off if they choose to be a bum, but stay lawful.
Maybe they can train to do yard work, clean pools, wash windows, build homes, etc…
Look at all the mediocre kids coming out of HS not doing a thing. Spend 4 years learning a trade and you’d have a leg up already on the next guy.
In a way, turn a HS forced upon a kid to a trade/school or prep job thing.
In terms of racism for university, it could be said that there is already a disproportionate race majority in “some” colleges already…However, aren’t there some colleges also pre-dominantly black as well?
Bottom thought is that all these solutions aren’t going to work for kids who aren’t receptive to following a certain HS track so eliminate this form of forced school (after middle) school and come up with something more fit for these people to at least save money and keep them out of doing crime…
Just saw this today which I think is relevant in the grand scheme of forced school/life/jobs/even obamacare which allows people to quit their jobs without having to stay there if they hated it:
