01-07-2012, 01:13 AM
We don't keep accurate records of how many people actually graduate in this country and how many don't. Nobody really has any idea. People move around, states fudge the numbers, the feds just make stuff up.
I would be ok with free post-secondary education. Let the kids decide what they want to learn after they learn the basic core knowledge they need to be an informed and contributing citizen. Problem is, we have a generation that doesn't care if they can read or not. Half of the kids we graduate have never read a book and still don't know their effen times tables. They are clever for finding ways around that, but they only screwed themselves. They will live in poverty because they won't understand when they are getting cheated. Contracts are full of that writing and math stuff.
I would be ok with free post-secondary education. Let the kids decide what they want to learn after they learn the basic core knowledge they need to be an informed and contributing citizen. Problem is, we have a generation that doesn't care if they can read or not. Half of the kids we graduate have never read a book and still don't know their effen times tables. They are clever for finding ways around that, but they only screwed themselves. They will live in poverty because they won't understand when they are getting cheated. Contracts are full of that writing and math stuff.