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I know several kids who never went to highschool. At 12-13 they enrolled in the local community college and got their GED at 16-17. It cost (at the time, in dis
by lettergram 10y ago
I know several kids who never went to highschool. At 12-13 they enrolled in the local community college and got their GED at 16-17. It cost (at the time, in district) $2000 - $2500 per semester at the junior college. Although that's significant, the school district was actually paying ~$10,000 per student per year for public school so it was actually WAY cheaper.
Regardless, those kids who went straight to college from middle school seemed 10x better off and all of the ones I know (or am friends with) are doing great.
- jtbigwoo 10y agoA minor quibble: The state subsidizes all public colleges, most likely including your community college. Where I live (Minnesota) that subsidy accounts somewhere around half of the total cost. So community college probably costs about the same as high school.
- lettergram 10y agoFair point, I also know our city and county tax went there as well.