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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I disagree with the premise of your post. It's not about which kids "deserve" an education. In theory, every kid is deserving of an education.

The issue might actually be whether a traditional HS education is a good fit for every kid. Maybe not, but there aren't any viable alternatives. [/quote]

DP and another HS teacher. A viable alternative is working--at anything legal. It's better than being babysat while on your phone and doing essentially no work for 4 years, during which you are at best wasting the education financed by taxpayers, not to mention wasting some of the best years of your life. The money saved could be put to good use on lots of other things--infrastructure, community services, public health, housing assistance, etc. Those kids could even be provided with a voucher to come back later to some form of adult high school once they realize that learning matters.

Right now they effectively fail up, get a worthless and expensive "college" diploma (assuming they graduate) , and more than half end up worse off financially than if they'd never gone to college  since they've wasted another 4 years and tens of thousands of dollars warming up a seat, but this time in college:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/more-than-half-of-college-grads-are-stuck-in-jobs-that-dont-require-degrees/ar-BB1iL98p[/quote]

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