State of the Union address.

[HappyMonkey]

bobjustbob,
I wasn't aware (for some reason) of the restrictions and penalties for dropping out at or before 16 in the US. Thanks for getting me to do some reading. While I am dubious that you can ***** someone to stay in school until they are 18 - certainly you can't make them want too be there - you can impose penalties such as being unable to legally drive, vote, etc, that will give some **** who that might be on the fence some incentive to complete school.

 

[bobjustbob]

I guess that I was just noting this in the speech because of personal experience. Plus I don't think that the decision of staying in school should be made by a 16 year old. Not mature enough. I don't want class rooms disrupted. 2 more years of learning SOMETHING is worth the effort for us and them. Learn a trade. Get into an internship. Teach them something about the outside world. Making your own buck feels good.

What do **** do when they quit at 16? Many sit in their rooms. If they quit to get a job then that is education. A viable option for them. Right now that is not the case. A *** drops out at 16, never worked before, doesn't understand the discipline of employment, what else do they have? Decide to live as they wish? Sit in their rooms and have *** and *** provide everything for them? The *** becomes a piece of **** and a decision has to be made when to kick their ass out. That's just not fair to *** and ***. Making a decision at 16 that affects those in your house doesn't make sense.