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He personally benefited from skipping the last year of high school and attending a university early. That was the first time in his life that he actually found
by philipkglass 8y ago
He personally benefited from skipping the last year of high school and attending a university early. That was the first time in his life that he actually found school interesting more often than not. I could sympathize with that because I too thought that school was almost always a boring time-waster before I started attending a university; I almost didn't go because I found school so often pointless for the first 12 years.
"Go to college early" is only a solution for a specific, unusual kind of troublemaker. I sympathize more with his teachers. His teachers and fellow students shouldn't have had to endure that behavior from him. Apparently many public school districts, whether poor or affluent, don't ensure that disruptive students can be removed from the classroom. That's what is necessary for teachers to actually teach. What to do with the disruptive students after they're removed from classrooms, I'm not qualified to speculate about. I'm just saying that leaving them in the classroom is also sabotaging all the students who did initially show up willing to learn, and it's hell for the teachers too.
- iguy 8y agoThanks. I agree that those for whom "go to college early" is a solution must be a small minority, although they do exist. But I do wonder for how many more "do something meaningful" might be a solution. Guys perfectly qualified to be the bricklayer's apprentice... who we've decided must sit still in school until they're 18, even if it's a sad pretence of schooling.