America's High School Graduates Look Like Other Countries' High School Dropouts

Re:America's High School Graduates Look Like Other Countries... by acjohnson55 on Thursday March 10, 2016 @09:58PM (#11264365)

Surely you don't believe the average American can just up and move to places with great public schools?

I was privileged enough to grow up someplace that allowed me to go to a great public school. It's a great city by many measures, but poor in public transport, affordable housing, and working-class jobs.

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Re:America's High School Graduates Look Like Other Countries... by alistairSH on Friday March 11, 2016 @11:17AM (#11267458)

The OP has the means to home-school, so can live off a single income.

The OP has the means to pay their children nearly double the national average income (calculated on an hourly basis).

So, yes, in this case, the OP more than likely does have the means to move.

Or, the OP also has the means to be actively involved in the local schools and try to make them less awful.

My negative opinions on home-schoolers are based mostly on personal experience with home-schoolers in my area. They generally fall into one of two categories: - fanatical Christians (public school is full of heathens and rapists etc) - fanatical libertarians (I got mine, so fuck you)

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Re:America's High School Graduates Look Like Other Countries... by vacri on Friday March 11, 2016 @12:26AM (#11264817)

Someone who has the capacity to pass on $60/hr work to their 13-year-old children certainly can.

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