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apples and oranges (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:27 PM Original message |
High school dropouts: What minimum standards should they be entitled to? |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. i would think they'd have a hard time |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. HS and college graduates aren't "entitled" to anything; dropouts are no different. (nt) |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. +1 n/t |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. +2 |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. What people did or did not do in high school... |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. What?? |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. +1 |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. Legal standards like minimum wage, HC and nondiscrimination ... |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 03:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
34. Agreed. A government job should also be available. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Well, depends what it is. |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. People who didn't graduate should be flogged daily and forced to work for pennies a day |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. I have a slight quibble with that. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 02:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. LOL |
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apples and oranges (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. My brother dropped out of high school |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. I believe each situation is different. |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
35. my granddaughter's half sister dropped |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
38. Drop-outs should be hired to do the flogging... |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. The possible sources of minimum standards are: |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
33. +1000 nt |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. LMAO. They lose their rights because they didn't graduate from high school? |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. If they can get and keep a job, minimum wage. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
12. Why do you assume that people who dropped out are people who didn't "take it seriously"? |
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apples and oranges (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I'm not talking about everyone, just the ones who goofed off in school |
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cyberswede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. ...and you can tell the difference how? n/t |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
15. I always make sure the plumber has a diploma. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. "Entitled?" |
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jaksavage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
19. They should recieve extra help. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
20. Ahh, nothing screams "Entitlement" like a college kid. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Agree. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Absolutely. I've known full-fledged professors who |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
24. Equal Pay for Equal Work |
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Ysabel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
25. so let me get this straight... |
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haele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
26. Goofing off at high school means nothing these days - |
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galileoreloaded (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
27. Well, a kid to drops out and goes right to work at Taco Bell is light years ahead of the PhD in |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
28. Minimum wage is the law and it needs to stay the law. nt |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
29. A living wage, like everyone else. |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. + 1 |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
31. Life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, freedom of religion, all the |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
36. Take school seriously? yeah, that's the only real issue. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
39. They shouldn't be allowed to drop out in the first place |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
40. LMFAO... have you ever lived in the real world? |
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