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RE: Lessons being learned here?
By mindless1 on 2/23/2011 12:48:02 AM , Rating: 2
I disagree. Let the kids decide if they want to go. If they don't want to... well somebody has to end up being the manager at fast food restaurants, work in factories, paint houses, mow lawns, do road work, etc.

I don't mean to be insulting to any people doing this kind of work, it is simply that these are jobs where you don't necessarily need a quality education but society NEEDS these jobs done, the jobs need to be filled by somebody. However I do feel everyone should be required to attend school until the age they are allowed to drop out, and it is in society's best interests if everyone at least has a GED.

RE: Lessons being learned here?
By The Raven on 2/24/2011 10:30:43 AM , Rating: 2

How do you disagree? That is exactly what I said. I said that it should be up to the parents to teach their kids why they should go to school and the actual decision should be up to the kids. Because when they are 18 the decision will BY LAW up to the 'kids'.

Of course if you think your kid is a little slow, then you may want to force them to go to school until they catch on lol.

RE: Lessons being learned here?
By mindless1 on 2/26/2011 10:58:52 AM , Rating: 2
I disagree that the parents should NOT teach their kids why, that the kid should make the choice on their own.

Yes some will make poor choices. That's life.

RE: Lessons being learned here?
By eskimospy on 2/24/2011 12:59:48 PM , Rating: 2
Oh come on guys.

Kids who are 14 and 15 CONSTANTLY make dumb decisions in life, you probably included. (me definitely included) The idea that we should leave these children to rot because of their poor life choices before they are adults abrogates the duty of parenting and schooling. If we let children who don't know better ruin their lives while we stand by and do nothing that not only makes their parents horrible parents, but their teachers/principals horrible educators.

Not only that, but if you have kids who stop going to school at 14 or whatever, you might get a lot of house painters out of that, but what you're also going to get is a considerable number of criminals. Helping these kids do the responsible thing not only helps them, it helps us.

RE: Lessons being learned here?
By Zingam on 2/26/2011 3:26:37 AM , Rating: 2
You are right. My sister was very poor student upto the 8th grade. Then my father managed somehow to discipline her and later send her to a private school. She now works at a good position in a bank and has the best income from the whole family. She takes vacations in faraway lands and does whatever she wants and is totally independent.
If she was left to her childish decisions back then, she would have ended in some MacDonald's.

I've seen many people who as grown up could completely change and improve their lives. Everybody should have a chance to change their poor decisions and everybody makes them.

