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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Being an educated person is a good thing[/quote]
Of course it is. Sending unprepared students to college who, statistically, will drop out leaving them with no education and no skills to be applied to the job market when there are extremely valuable alternatives available is pretty much the opposite of "educated."[/quote]
Bingo. I work at a high school that likes to tout it's "over 95% of our class goes to college!!!!!" stat.

Here's what happens to most of our students. They graduate from high school, barely, and go on to the local community college which has open enrollment with no SAT/ACT required.

They spend, if they stick to it, between 2 and 4 years at the CC taking remedial classes, and running up debt.

A very small number will be successful enough in remediation to start taking regular college classes where some will be successful and others not.

Those that stopped at the remediation classes will always be able to say they "went to college."

There is a real need for skilled tradespeople and other vocational paths and it's imperative that students be aware of that.[/quote]

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