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

Re:America's High School Graduates Look Like Other Countries... by lagadu on Friday March 11, 2016 @06:05AM (#11265892)

13 year olds should be treated like 13 years olds: they go to school and after they leave they get to go hang out with their boy/girlfriends, do sports, ride their bikes around or play videogames with their friends.

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Re:America's High School Graduates Look Like Other Countries... by esaym on Friday March 11, 2016 @11:05AM (#11267369)

You do realize that has only been the norm for the last 50 years right? And IMO, the last 50 years has been some of the worst.

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Re:America's High School Graduates Look Like Other Countries... by ekianjo on Friday March 11, 2016 @06:15AM (#11265927)

Mozart at 13 was not hanging out with his friends partying around.

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Re:America's High School Graduates Look Like Other Countries... by restalis on Friday March 11, 2016 @07:17AM (#11266127)

I remember my musical teacher mentioning me about Mozart being over-solicited in his childhood and that that affected his adult life. He died young, after years of health issues.

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Re:America's High School Graduates Look Like Other Countries... by SuddsMcDuff on Friday March 11, 2016 @06:46AM (#11266017)

Newflash: Not all kids are like Mozart

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Re:America's High School Graduates Look Like Other Countries... by eli_gottlieb on Friday March 11, 2016 @09:03AM (#11266619)

And was that good for him?

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