I don't want to take funds from anybody.
really? this is an excerpt from post #132:
Withhold funding from schools whose students have no plan.
I'm just saying if you have to punish somebody, you're dead set on punishing somebody, punish the school not the student.
you see this requirement as punishment. it is not. it is a prerequisite to be fulfilled before becoming eligible to receive one's HS diploma. not unlike requiring four years of english, two of math to include algebra, etc. demonstrating one has accomplished each of the prerequisites to earn a diploma tells the state, prospective employers, and colleges that the student has met the baseline requirements to receive a HS diploma. it has been earned; not given
if any of those prerequisites are not met - including the requirement to create a post graduation plan - the student is not eligible to graduate with an earned diploma. that is how the system has worked for many, many decades. surprised you are unfamiliar with it
I think the whole idea to require a plan, which will be made-up BS anyways, is a stupid idea that could only appeal to a lifelong government paper pusher with nothing better to do than think of ways to screw around with kid's lives.
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Billion is spent each year to teach our students. the state identifies what it expects the student to achieve to progress to graduation. that student has spent the past 13 years attending school to ultimately leave the public school system as an emancipated adult. the public has provided the kids with an education to provide them the skills to emerge into the work force or to higher education institutions. this is the only assignment placed upon the student for the student - NOT the state - to consider what they will do with this bundle of skills once they are graduated into the economy. many students will already have an idea what they plan to do next. some will go to college. others will join the military. many will have jobs lined up. for them, this is a crib course. they have already pondered what they will do as their next step after graduation. but there will be many others who haven't a clue what they will do. each year, they have attended school and done what the school expected of them. making independent decisions was not required to accomplish that. but next year there will be no public school. there will be a need to become self sufficient, financially. this assignment compels those students to think about what they intend to do to become independent and financially self sufficient. this is especially needed by students whose families subsist on welfare. they have not seen someone waking up in the morning to go to work to earn a living. instead, they see someone who goes to the mailbox the first of the month to receive that stipend from the state. unless we want the next generation to do the same, it makes great sense for the state to motivate the student to figure out a way to earn an income for themselves. this HS assignment kickstarts that expectation
Jeeze, when I finished high school I had no friggin' idea what I wanted to do. I had no real life experience as yet, so I couldn't have made any type of intelligent decision, but just knew I wanted to be done with school.
so, share with us, how did that not having a plan work out; what did you do?
Man am I glad nobody forced me to choose back then.
why? what is so difficult about assessing what you want to do upon leaving HS? what is so awful about pondering your future? unless you have ****ed up in school and realize that your choices are now very limited and not very encouraging. and then, while in school, the student has the resources of the school, guidance counselors and teachers, to try to figure out a better alternative
Or prevented me from receiving my diploma. If forced I would have just made up some crap.
but you would have thought about your future to some degree. and your post graduation plan would have to make sense to pass
Wonder if the kid would get his diploma if he said his career plans were to join ISIS?
my bet is his plan was to soon receive a visit from homeland security agents. a good thing
Or a girl who aspires to be the best darn stripper ever !!! Do they now get their diplomas? Ya--hoooo !!! Of course, I'm not sure you actually need a diploma for either of those occupations.
dancing is a legal occupation, so it probably would be found an acceptable post graduation prospect. less doable if she was obese, hence the opportunity for her to identify what activities she would need to pursue to become a stripper who actually earned a sustainable income
bottom line, if we fail to plan then we are probably planning to fail
something kids need to understand before leaving school
