> Teenagers are under attack which they can't handle well Not all teenagers give into the stress of school. My high school had students whose reply to "Make su

> Teenagers are under attack which they can't handle well Not all teenagers give into the stress of school. My high school had students whose reply to "Make sure you come to school on time tomorrow because if you miss the ASVAB testing you won't be able to graduate" was "What does graduating have to do with being a car mechanic?". My high school class also had a student who dropped gym because taking a normal (non-AP/honors) class would lower their weighted GPA (which was almost perfect). When I graduated I had just as many friends go to Ivy Leagues as community college. This was all within the same friend group. Palo Alto High School obviously has serious problems [0], but those problems don't apply to every school or even to students within the same school. I don't know what the solution is (maybe cut excessive testing that doesn't measure anything [1] to start) but it should take into account that not every student needs to be pushed in the same direction. [0] http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Why-are-Palo-Alto-s-kids-killing-themselves-6270854.php http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Why-are-Palo-Alto-s-ki... [1] http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1029&context=mathcs_honors http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?art... https://www.google.com/search?q=college+test+score+academic+success https://www.google.com/search?q=college+test+score+academic+...