[aejones]

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Obviously, this is oversimplified, and I'm not suggesting that we don't require Americans to graduate from high school- but since college is becoming the norm, I feel that all too often today's youth is being forced to acquire unnecessary knowledge- and even then, it's more like "I'll cram for this test 6 hours before, and not remember a damn thing 6 hours after."


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We already don't require Americans to graduate from high school.

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Yes, and a great Time magazine article from ~6 months ago (I'm not sure) actually uncovered how remarkably low the high school graduation rate in America is.

What I intended, and perhaps what I should be stipulated, is that we require it to be of some great worth in society. Without a High school education, the opportunities are limited.