High School Dropouts Options

[MeanBastard]

How can someone not pass highschool? I know two people who dropped out, and I have to wonder how dumb you have to be not to be able to pass H.S. They make it so you can graduate, even if you're a total buffoon. For example, the normal math curriculum includes : Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, and Calculus, stupid people are allowed to take "Basic Math" and "Math for living" classes where the only requirment is that you can do basic arithmetic. I can only imagine what goes through an employer's head when they see that someone is a highschool dropout--its basically a sign that reads "I'm too stupid to live".


THIS IS REGARDING IN TODAYS WORLD AND WHERE EDUCATION IS FREE

[*AngelicEyz00*]

Ok... according to your statement... all dropouts are intellectually stupid... which usually is hardly ever the case... There are other ways of earning diplomas which are equivalent to a high school diploma... ie the GED...

I have two older brothers, both of which who didn't graduate high school. They're so effing far from being "stupid" or "dumb" or whatever you were calling HS dropouts. They're made some mistakes, hung out with the wrong crowd, etc. My oldest brother would go out, party, have fun, skip classes etc... Basically he was distracted away from school. He was ONE effing credit away from graduating... but yeh... they didn't let him graduate... but things happened, and he wasn't even able to go back to school... but he eventuallt got a GED, so yeh... equivalent to a HS diploma... anywho, he's far from being stupid for someone who didn't graduate HS...

Same thing with my other brother, except they kicked him out of HS and sent him to a community high school... he eventually got his GED too...

Both of them have made many mistakes... both had kids by the time they were 18... both hung out with the wrong crowd, etc... people make mistakes... I understand this... that's why I'm not quick to judge people for the mistakes they've made or anything

Intelligence wise, they're pretty smart... they may not make the best decisions, they do what they wanna do at the moment, but they're ok guys.

That's where i'll stop, because I think I've actually gotten off topic, or I'm going there. Bottom line is, not everyone who drops out of HS or doesn't pass it is dumb... some just don't care... some just have made decisions that they can't go back on now and they struggle to get their act together again.... some never can though... but who are we to judge really? Let them be who they are... so what if someone doesn't pass HS or drops out... it's their own choice, they'll deal with it later in life when it bites them in the a$$... but we have no right to judge what kind of person they are