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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And then at age 22 when they get this degree, what can they now do that they couldn't before? Do they then need more schooling? When will they be able to start working? Most kids are done with college by age 22.[/quote]

By this logic, why should we care if anyone not going to college graduates from high school?

We generally believe there is value in finishing high school/earning a high school diploma, regardless of future plans. If it's valuable for Tom Smith to get a high school diploma, why isn't it valuable for Tomas Juarez?[/quote]

There's a reason why federal education ends at age 18. The idea is that we educate our children and then they can have many years of labor to pay back for their education and support themselves and their children. By the time they are 22, shouldn't they be ready to go out and make money if they need to? We're taking these children at 16 and teaching them for 6 more years so they can achieve a high school diploma. I'm just asking is this the best use of their time?[/quote]

First of all, there is no "federal" education. Education is a state function. Second, there is no law that I'm aware of that says that education ends at age 18. There are plenty of US-born and raised students who, for whatever reason, were held back and don't finish high school until they are 19. Neither am I aware of any policy or philosophy that says that children should complete their education by age x in order to be able to work for y years to pay back their debt to society. What?

Third, what is so magical about age 22? Do you think that a 22-year-old without a diploma is in a materially better circumstance than a 19-year-old without a diploma? The issue is not the AGE of the person, it is their education and experience. I will ask again: by this logic, why do we bother encouraging 16-year-olds to finish high school if they aren't pursuing higher education? Aren't many 16-year-olds ready to go out and make money at any of the sub-minimum-wage jobs that are available to people without a high school diploma?

A 19-year-old with a 3rd grade education is one who may have never learned long division. What alternative to additional schooling would be a "better" use of his time? He can't learn a trade without mastery of basic math. Should we just teach him to push a broom and be done with it?[/quote]

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