[MadJack]

Seeing how it’s Houston, most of the sixth graders are probably at least seventeen years old.

[Hop A Long Cassidy]

>>>Seeing how it’s Houston,

the number may be an understatement because many 12 and 13 year old immigrant Hispanics drop out because they’re pregnant and the boys drop out two years later. The girls see it as a badge of honor. The principals of the schools try to hide the scale of drop outs (or at least they use to) because the schools get less funding for dropouts. The principals try to classify the dropouts as transfers. Maybe things have changed since I last saw the statistics.

[achilles2000]

“Seeing how it’s Houston, most of the sixth graders are probably at least seventeen years old.”

Only in the “gifted and talented” classes.

[stormer]

I guess next time I’ll read through the thread before putting in my 2 cents...