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Re:U.S. Army Drops Requirement for High School Diploma Amid ... by randomdata on Sunday January 28, 2024 @12:24AM (#39162860)
> The problem is that a high school education represents literally years of knowledge a person has accumulated.

The vast majority of states require that you be at least 17, and often 18, before you can choose to stop with said education. Everyone the military is willing to accept on other fronts has the literal years spent in school that you speak of. If there is a gap, it's only on the order of a few months, if that.

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Re:U.S. Army Drops Requirement for High School Diploma Amid ... by freedomben on Sunday January 28, 2024 @02:51AM (#39163402)
Right. My best friend in high school dropped out, and later joined the army after getting a GED. I dropped out as well but got a diploma from an alternative school for adults and joined.

Everyone I know who did not complete high School got within a year or two. Paradoxically, it was the smartest people I know who dropped out. None of our reasons were academic. A combination of social and financial

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