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We don't just have drop-outs because of that. In my sophomore year in high school, I wanted to drop out. Things are taught too slowly, and 12 years of learning
by unalone 18y ago
We don't just have drop-outs because of that.
In my sophomore year in high school, I wanted to drop out. Things are taught too slowly, and 12 years of learning is far too much with the present system. If there were more acclaimed systems for graduating early, I'd have jumped at it. That's what this article is about.
- tjic 18y agoIt's not 12 years of learning. It's 12 years of attending a jobs-creation project for education majors (i.e. teachers).
- unalone 18y agoBleh, cynicism. I had teachers who were easily good enough to teach for private schools, who chose public service instead. I believe that teachers are good people stuck in a bad system.
- Prrometheus 18y agoSome teachers are good people, stuck in a system that does nothing to reward them for it.
- unalone 18y agoYeah. The system is at fault. But don't go around suggesting that the system only exists to give hand-outs to teachers. Teachers are worth much more than schools pay them.
- elai 18y agoAnd private schools tend to pay less than the public system, unfortunately.
- Prrometheus 18y agoDon't forget, the only way to make it better is "more money for schools".
- LogicHoleFlaw 18y agoNow that I think about it, you could say that I started college at age 16. I was still a High School Senior but I had met most of the requirements for graduation so the school paid for me to attend the local university. (I graduated from HS and started attending college full-time out of state at age 17.) Any program which allows bright students to accelerate their progress is good in my book.
- unalone 18y agoWe had a system like that, too. The problem was that it was an ugly workaround. I think that making the system better should be preventing exceptions, not using them to avoid a broken system.
- jleyank 18y agoTheir "progress"? Their progress at what? I went to school at 16, and it's a mistake. Most people, certainly myself, are not socially prepared to deal with the environment at 16. Hell, if people are being coddled today, there's no way in God's green earth that they can self-organize on their own at that age. Yeah, people do it successfully, but then some people can remove their own appendices and live. Just don't bet that way.