Poll: Should kids be allowed to drop out at 16?

[Xender90]

I thought you could drop out when you no longer wanted to go to school. I mean what are they going to do pick you up from home and put you in your seat? I don't fallow these laws. I've been home schooled my whole life got my GED at 17 and graduated from a Junior college a year later.

 

[TheSeventhLoneWolf]

Only if they have a mullet.

Not dropping out. Staying in as long as possible. xD

 

[hamster mk 4]

16 year olds who want to drop out should. If they are not allowed they will probably end up skipping class or causing trouble. Teachers should not have to baby sit 16+ year olds. Allowing teenagers who don't want to be in school to not enroll in school will save on paper work and tax dollars. "No child left behind" is a stupid idea, there are some children that want to be left behind, and I say we leave them.

 

[johnman]

Yes, if they dont want to be there they will ruin it for those that do.
I hired a private tutor to get me though my maths GCSE as my regular teacher was simply too busy dealing with pricks who just didnt care to teach properly.

 

[Mozared]

With the current school system? Yeah, you should be allowed to drop out whenever you feel like it's not your thing.

 

[zidine100]

hell i think it should be lowerd to 15, the ammount of jerks who didnt want to be there then in my school was incredable, would have saved me and the teachers alot of hasstle.

 

[effilctar]

I'm from England where you can drop out at 16, and to be honest, if they plan on dropping out and literally doing jack all, they should be made to do national service or get an apprenticeship, that or go to college.

 

[General Ken8]

There was this kid in my fourth grade class who said that his dad dropped out in sixth grade
But, on topic, i guess they can if they want to, but they'll regret it at some point

 

[IrishBerserker]

Sure, if they want to ruin their lives by not getting a High School diploma, let them.

Both these posts are very narrow minded and short sighted. I myself just graduated last year and am in first year college. Now my brother, who is about to turn 16, has for all intents and purposes, has dropped out of school due to the stress of the teachers in my school. This, coupled with learning disorders that fill a god damned page, make it hard for him to learn and as a result there is no point in him wasting his time there. What he wants to do is take a few years off, maybe upgrade when he's older and can cope better. Now I'm also not saying my brother is stupid. He does magic with mechanics, and can fix things in a car that I don't even know exist. he also knows farming and farm equipment like the back of his hand. Now look at this, I have my academic route of college than moving to a law degree, he has mechanics and farming, both of which have potential to make huge cash, especially in Alberta.

I speak from observing the people around me.

for example my father dropped out at 16. He joined the armed forces and served on the HMCS Huron. After he left the navy he worked at BFI as a garbage collector/truck driver. Now he is in his 50's still working as a trucker, at a different company. He hates his job, he hates the fact that he never got a HS Diploma.

I also have friends that have dropped out and now work at minimum wage jobs. They'll never advance they're position. They already hate they're job.

Fun fact: Now a days you are reguired to have a High School diploma just to work at McDonalds.

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And as far as your brother is concerned, if he wants to be a Machanic he should go back and finish High School. If he has trouble learning he should be able to get help. Machanics need Diplomas to get their jobs and they get higher paying jobs if they have HS diplomas, even more if they have college/apprentace training.

That leads me to my final question: Is it the guy with the college degree who grows the food you eat, or the livestock you consume, where does it come from, and for the love of God don't say the supermarket. I swear if I hear that again....

No it isn't the man with a college degree, not yet anyway. It is people like my Grandfather, who have worked the land since they were children. but they still require people like, vetranarians, to inspect their cattle for disease before they are sent to slaughter.

 

[Shoes]

Look at Bill Gates.

What about him, he graduated high school and enrolled in Harvard, I believe.

t without an informed public we get.... well fox news

/epic win

This is completely irrational and has nothing to do with the subject matter of the thread. I see absolutely no win here, just an opportunity for a cheap pop.

Want some cheese with that whine?

 

[Riggnarok]

18 sounds like a logical age, by then your considered an adult by the government. But I still think it's somewhat stupid to drop out of school at 16 anyways. The average 16 year old is in high school, so why waste all the earlier years just to drop out right when your at the finish line.

Unless you were like...still in the 1st grade at 16.

 

[chronobreak]

Want some cheese with that whine?

It isn't a question of whining, I am acting to curb the Fox-bashing trend that has been going on on this site for a while. This is not the thread for it, as there are several other threads that address that subject matter. Please keep the discussion to the issue at hand, without making crude generalizations about the nature of an entertainment network's news channel.

 

[Citizen.Erased]

I don't see the point of raising it at 18 since most people have finished school by then and you can't really oblige them to go to college. 16 is good in my opinion, most teenagers know by then the consequences of dropping out and it's the age where most professional diplomas are available to them, giving them other choices than to sit on their asses at school.

 

[Low Key]

I think they should leave it at 16, but if they do decide to drop out, they should get their ass kicked in basic training. There are some legitimate reasons why some kids might drop out, but there are many more than drop out just because they can. Perhaps those who are smart enough at 16 could try to test out of high school. Colleges do it with their classes, why not high school?

 

[GrinningManiac]

Allow them to drop out.

I'm 16, and now at Sixth Form. We're one of the last years that allows Drop-out at sixth form.

THANK GOD

Seriously, there are some guys who were morons (or just irritating) who went to college either way, fair enough. But if it was required, the layabouts/junkies/douches who didn't give enough of a toss to go into a specialised course at college would end up in my common room, fouling the air with their stupidity and vomit-worthy uselessness

Thank every deity that ever was that they were allowed to leave. We didn't want them here, the teachers sure as hell didn't want to teach them, and they didn't want to be taught. It worked out

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

Yes it is if they don't want to be in school in the first place they shouldn't be.
Because of this my Junior Cert HONOURS class only got through half the work it should of in soo many subjects.

 

[Kuchinawa212]

Hell, I'd force them to 2 years of college. Dropping out is not the easy answer. Quitting won't get you very far