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To: wintertime
Let any child of **any** age take the GED or similar private exam. If they pass, immediately give them an **official** high school diploma from their local high school

A new TSA Agent Recruiting plan?

5 posted on 08/25/2012 2:28:17 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: SandRat
A new TSA Agent Recruiting plan?
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How many kids graduating from high school today could pass the GED? ( Just wondering) How many of their **TEACHERS** would fail it, especially the math section?

One of the problems homeschoolers face is the age restriction on taking the GED. When my children entered college at the ages of 13, 12, and 13, they were forbidden to take the GED because they were too young. State law required that they had to be at least 16. Well,...Without a GED they were barred from **all** scholarship aid.

There are many young people who are bright, motivated, and intelligent and are **languishing** in high school play pens simply to get the “official” high school diploma that will allow them to apply for scholarships and/or straight forward enrollment in the military.

By awarding an official high school diploma to a child of **any** age to who had passed the GED, or similar private exam, would empty the government schools of **thousands** of bright and motivated children. These children would be then free to attend college, start work, begin an apprenticeship, join the military **YEARS** ahead of those who choose to stay behind. The earnings over a lifetime for these children could easily be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. And...each child that leaves the government schools early saves the taxpayer THOUSANDS of dollars!

22 posted on 08/25/2012 2:56:20 PM PDT by wintertime (:-))
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To: SandRat
Reagan was right, get rid of the DOE and let the states and communities monitor and manage their schools, Now the problem has worsened and we are faced with an executive order that supersedes even the cabinet that was designed and delegated to make rules, worthless as they have been in the past by a leader who preys on failure and feasts on a policy of more.

Simple solutions.....get rid of the dictator and get rid of the DOE and allow states and communities to reform thier own education systems
50 posted on 08/25/2012 3:54:04 PM PDT by BIGLOOK (72 days)
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