red dot wrote; There's nothing wrong with leaving school after Jr High, - Actually there is if they got promoted there without learning the basics.
You are right, though, no student should be promoted unless they have mastered the grade's requirements.
If you are one of the folks who voted for Barack Obama in the last election, what did you vote for? More generally, if you voted for any liberal politician, what did you vote for?
Here are three things for starters: (1) no reform of the public schools, (2) no reform of the welfare system, and (3) no reform of labor market institutions that erect barriers between new entrants and good jobs.
How can I be so certain? Because the teachers unions, the welfare bureaucracy and all the other unions form the base of the Democratic Party. At least they are...
- ...and humans don't have an impact on climate change
- ...and teachers arrive at 8 and go home at 3
- ...and the entire media is a conspiracy against you
- ...and parents don't care if their kids go to school or not
- ...and any government program to help struggling people (like Mitt's father) actually hurts them and all the rest of us
- ... and unions securing a decent wage are the problem
- ...and there are ZERO moderate Muslims
- ...and a kid who drops out of school at 14 will be able to find a job that gives satisfaction and pays enough to save, is likely
- ...and science is evil
- ... and conservatives have always gotten it right, as in women's suffrage, civil rights