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This would never have worked for me in high school. I was barely motivated then to do the work with a rigid structure in place. If it had been left to me like that, I would've flunked out. Now that I'm in college, it's different, I can handle that kind of responsibility and would do well with it.
I think what the schools need is to ensure that kids don't get promoted past their current grade unless they actually pass the class to some sort of academic standard. Moving kids up in the system without them understanding the material only lets these kids down more and guarantees that they will continue to fail throughout their lives. As you allow these kids to move to the next grade without knowing the material, you're ensuring that they will never learn it and that the kids around will suffer as they learn less because they're forced to wait around for kids who shouldn't have moved up now hold them back. It's an endless vicious circle that benefits no one and hurts everyone.
And I agree, there should be life skills classes that are taught.
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