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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: koan who wrote (230882)9/3/2013 1:51:10 PM
From: neolib  Read Replies (1) of 542139
 
They generally are given that option, at least if they are in the right age. Around here, the kids of welfare families of course have free K-12, where many of them inhabit "special ed". Special Ed in this case does mean they have DS or ASD or anything like that, it means they don't do their homework and flunk tests and eventually get placed in special ed as the last resort. I'm not making this up, one girl my wife worked with thought she was "special" since she was in special ed. Nothing wrong with her other than cluelessness, and no desire to study.

So they flunk out of HS or are "graduated" from special ed, and after a few years of the obligatory burger flipping at McD's they sign up for the readily available assistance to attend Community College (heck they're off to College!) whose primary function anymore is to re-mediate their wasted HS years (once again at taxpayer expense). Since some studies no doubt have shown that its best for them to concentrate on their studies and not have to work while in school, their school loans provide them with living money. Since they have no responsibility, they spend the money loaned to them on whatever they desire, flunk out of school and head back to McD's. Now they have a loan to pay back as well, which bankruptcy can't dodge.

End of experiment.
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