Ishmael
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Last night in the presidents State of the Union speech the proposal was put forth that all kids should be made to stay in school until they either get their HS diploma or turn 18.
In principle I actually agree with the president on this one. Education is one of the keys to success in life and ignoring that public education is abysmal in this country today, getting a HS diploma is a step up on ladder towards success.
But thinking this through, just how would you begin to enforce such a law? Not pay the states for kids not in school? Well, they're not being paid now. Not a lot of leverage there. Turn truancy into a criminal offense? Criminalize the parent(s)? Build schools that have more in common with medium security prisons and only let the kids out on the weekends for good behavior?
The implementation of this "idea" is nightmarish in both costs and erosion's of liberty.
Ishmael
In principle I actually agree with the president on this one. Education is one of the keys to success in life and ignoring that public education is abysmal in this country today, getting a HS diploma is a step up on ladder towards success.
But thinking this through, just how would you begin to enforce such a law? Not pay the states for kids not in school? Well, they're not being paid now. Not a lot of leverage there. Turn truancy into a criminal offense? Criminalize the parent(s)? Build schools that have more in common with medium security prisons and only let the kids out on the weekends for good behavior?
The implementation of this "idea" is nightmarish in both costs and erosion's of liberty.
Ishmael