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To: unclewest who wrote (97328)1/28/2005 12:40:27 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) of 793755
 
Re: high school diplomas. I dropped out during senior year for family reasons, took the GED, passed it easily, but could not get my diploma until I turned 18. That was the law.

My younger son is slacking off in junior year, and I was thinking he should take the GED and do something else for a while, so checked it out, and it's still the law that he can't get the GED until he turns 18, or there is a certification that he would not benefit from high school, which appears to be a lot of red tape.

The GED is a piece of cake for a reasonably bright kid. If I recall correctly, you can pass with 10th grade skills. 9th, maybe, can't recall if the math test requires geometry or just algebra.

I thought the military used some kind of entrance exam? If not, why not? They could give the GED test and give the kids diplomas.
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