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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]70% of all professions have some sort of licensing exam.  If kids are far behind academically they cannot pass these exams.  Trades are typically very technical now.  The days of dropping out of school and working in a factory or the trades is a thing of the past.  We don’t have any technical schools in Montgomery Co that I can’t think of other than the programs at Edison High school.

If we are being honest, kids don’t really want to work hard outdoors or in factories these days.   The want to sit and play on their phone. Can’t blame them.  There is a lot of hopelessness out their among the middle class and lower middles class.[/quote]

This is true. Doing well in trades requires perseverance and hard work and being smart - a high barrier for many kids 
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Success in life takes perseverance and drive. Nobody hands anything to you unless your family is rich - and even the. That’s no guarantee (eg Buffett’s kids).

You either have it in high school or life teaches it to you after. Dropping out won’t let you avoid this lesson. In fact, it often accelerates your race to the bottom. At that point, and without help or a role model, that’s where you stay.

Parents are critically important to kids graduating. Schools can’t do it all. [/quote]

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