I'm sure this insanity won't merely increase the number of 18-year olds from a low-income family without a high school diploma working minimum wage jobs. Not at all. This will surely work as intended.

Also, needing to at least show employment (likely with a private corporation) to get a diploma from a public school certainly smells unconstitutional. I'm not exactly sure how "gainful employment [in a private business]" can be made part of the course work for publicly funded schools.

Either the kids complete the course work and get their diploma, or they do not. If you want to add "post high school planning" as a half-semester requirement like health class is (or was), fine. But necessitating college acceptance or gainful employment as a condition precedent to receiving a diploma is just silly.

You just have to be accepted to college which anyone can do.

Anyone who fails to get a diploma because of this doesn't deserve one. It's basically a 2 sentence essay on 'What do you plan to do after high school?'

I'm sure this insanity won't merely increase the number of 18-year olds from a low-income family without a high school diploma working minimum wage jobs. Not at all. This will surely work as intended.

Also, needing to at least show employment (likely with a private corporation) to get a diploma from a public school certainly smells unconstitutional. I'm not exactly sure how "gainful employment [in a private business]" can be made part of the course work for publicly funded schools.

Either the kids complete the course work and get their diploma, or they do not. If you want to add "post high school planning" as a half-semester requirement like health class is (or was), fine. But necessitating college acceptance or gainful employment as a condition precedent to receiving a diploma is just silly.

So requiring state-issued identification to vote unfairly targets and oppresses minorities, but a school system with a student body nearly 40% black requiring acceptance to college in order to get a high school diploma is, what, empowering?

Ok.

Trolling posts aside, his proposal would have no legal legs whatsoever.

So requiring state-issued identification to vote unfairly targets and oppresses minorities, but a school system with a student body nearly 40% black requiring acceptance to college in order to get a high school diploma is, what, empowering?

Ok.

The point is [voting] is filled with requirements. [Getting a state-issued ID] is an incredibly minor one. I'm not going to feel bad for any [citizen] who is too lazy to [fulfill the minimal requirements to get a state ID].

FTFY

The point is getting a diploma is filled with requirements. This is an incredibly minor one. I'm not going to feel bad for any kid who is too lazy to send in an application to a college.

I don't have a problem with this. Why are people upset?

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It has nothing to do with being lazy. Maybe the kid doesn't want to get a job, join the military, or go to college. Maybe he wants to do something else. It's not up to the government to force it's citizens to live how the government thinks they should.

I do find it very amusing though that people believe you can legislate decisiveness into 18 year olds.

You sound like the guys who wanted to 'STICK IT' to the school one last time by not following a small rule to get your diploma.

If you want to meet in the middle on this being meaningless if the student chooses to put in more than the minimum effort we can but the government control angle is bad.