anyone up with making high school optional?

[freepcrusher]

My views have gradually been turning into a kind of left libertarianism. I think the way schools work is counter intuitive at times. I went to a private high school but one time I was at a student exchange event and I went to another public school, that had about a 60% graduation rate. I felt like a good half the kids there would have been kicked out of the school I went. And those were the ones who had made it to jr year.

It seems that people bemoan high dropout rates but I'm starting to think schools should be proud of it because it means they aren't lowering their standards. Harvard Law School isn't upset for instance that they have a low acceptance rate.

When I hear that some high schools graduate students that read at an eighth grade level, I think that's the smoking gun that my idea is a good one. It seems a lot of money is being spent on forcing kids kicking and screaming to do something they don't want to do.

[freepcrusher]

this documentary converted me to the cause of not chasing after the students with the hope that when their older and more mature, they can get a GED.
http://video.pbs.org/video/2283603203/?starttime=6820000

I should note that I still think public schools should be basically free and tax dollars should go into it.