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Originally Posted by pan6467
First, big difference between paying people who work 30-40 hours a week and they depend on the income than paying a high scholler living at home.
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Why? If they're doing the same work, what makes the work of the person with the family worth more than the work of the teenager? I thought we were supposed to be about "equal pay for equal work"?
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Second, your assertion is that EVERY single person who doesn't finish high school is lazy or too stupid too? That's a nice outlook there.
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There are other reasons why kids don't graduate high school, I suppose, but considering that most special ed students end up graduating, how hard can it be for those with average IQs?
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Did you ever think inner city kids may quit because they have to work and put food on the table for their families (due to a parent's sickness, or leaving)? Or perhaps, there is far too much violence and drugs at their school and they can't afford to move out to another district? There are far many more reasons people cannot graduate or go on to college, than they are lazy or too stupid. That is a very shallow, elitist, ignorant viewpoint, that unfortunately is professed and crammed down people's throat so much that is causing stress and hatred between classes.
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Ah, forgive me for being "shallow, elitist, and ignorant". I'll refrain from posting what I think of your viewpoint, other than to say that you've obviously bought into the whole cult of victimization thing, and given up completely on the idea of self-determination and personal responsibility for one's own actions.
I've yet to meet ANYBODY who has even a minimum wage job that couldn't manage or afford to take one class a semester at the local community college. Hell, they offer financial aid there that covers tuition and books (Pell grants, for example), and we're talking a couple of hours a week, with campuses literally everywhere (now they have telecommuting and satellite classroom programs, where you can take classes over the internet via streaming video or via CCTV in communities that may not have a physical campus in them). For that matter, there's always the Job Corps or the military, where you can learn a trade, earn money for college, and get a paycheck simultaneously.