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I don't think he is saying people should be forced into school if they don't graduate by 18. just that they can't graduate (get a diploma) until they actually l

• coenhyde 12y ago
  exactly
• dagw 12y ago
  Isn't that true today? Surely you won't get your diploma unless you get minimum necessary grades on the necessary exams.
  • nshepperd 12y ago
    Sure, but unfortunately the minimum necessary grade is currently a 50% "just managed to cram in enough rote learning in the final week to scrape by" pass mark.
    • coldtea 12y ago
      50% and 100% obviously don't mean anything by themselves. You can have a minimum of 50% and still have kinds know 10 times more than what a minimum of 100% course has them. 50% of an advanced course is better than 100% of a course for idiots. It's all about the breadth and deepness of the material, not some arbitrary mark on it, like 50%.