I've had a brilliant idea!
By ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (63594)
United States
December 19, 2010 4:04pm CST
With so many kids dropping out of school, and then having children who later also drop out of school - lets let the state (who are doing such a WONDERFUL job of educating kids anyway) remove young children from parents who fail to get a GED before those children are 3 yrs old.
Maybe then those stupid people will either discover how important an education can be or stop having kids...
I honestly couldn't care which one...
(and no, I'm not entirely serious here folks)
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15 responses
@GardenGerty (160624)
• United States
20 Dec 10
Well, it probably will not be a popular idea, but if the financial benefits were removed as well, maybe some of them would break the generational pattern. I am not around people who are drop outs right now but I know that many of the issues do repeat themselves to the second and third generation, or even more.
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@GardenGerty (160624)
• United States
20 Dec 10
Lying is another genetic trait we should test for. 
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@ElicBxn (63594)
• United States
20 Dec 10
I agree, if AFDC wasn't permitted for high school drop outs, maybe more would finish or get their GED.
My roomie's dad dropped out, but got his GED in the Air Force to get a promotion.
Both her brothers dropped out, I don't know about one, but the other ended up getting his GED because he wanted a promotion - but the moron claims he has a Masters, he didn't make it to 10th grade, he might've put foot in a college class room, but only because he was trying to pick up a collage girl...
Now, his three oldest kids have dropped out, tho I'm not sure if the 18 yr old might not still be trying, we KNOW the other two didn't make it through 9th grade.
The older boy CLAIMS to have gotten a GED, but I don't believe him, he's as big a liar as his dad. The middle child, a girl, has finally left the A**Hole she made 2 babies with and is talking about a GED. Well, the roomie is giving her a book, we'll see.
@bellis716 (4799)
• United States
20 Dec 10
When child services takes one or more children because the parents are deemed to be unfit, they just have more children. Something is wrong with this picture.
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
19 Dec 10
Lol Elic that is the world today I am afraid and there is nothing we can do about it
What makes it worse is that they mainly drop out because they are pregnant and having Children themselves and like you say no doubt it will be the same for those Children
@Maggiepie (7816)
• United States
20 Dec 10
Oooookaaaayyy...this is one of those that's going into my Collection of Great Typos! Hee! "Tomb boys" = old-fashioned Goth!
Now where'd I put that dry pair of undies...? Oh, lordy but that was funny!
Maggiepie
“This nation can never be conquered from without. If it is ever to fall it will be from within.” ~ Abraham Lincoln2 people like this
@alaskanray (4636)
• United States
20 Dec 10
Well, the government is working hard to control our lives anyway, what the heck? LOL
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@alaskanray (4636)
• United States
20 Dec 10
LOL...no, I always laugh when I'm serious. Not! LOL
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
21 Dec 10
Kids are having kids because our society encourages kids to be sexually active as soon as humanly possible. The government encourages poorer women to have as many kids as they can muster, while encouraging poorer men to disappear as soon as they impregnated the girls.
Want to see a huge decrease in low income births? Require both the father and the mother to show up together every week to collect the government debit cards. Each parent would be given half the money, and every penny spent would have to be accounted for to social services before the next money is given.
In other words, make BOTH responsible to each other and the government if they want to continue getting assistance. ;~D
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
21 Dec 10
Hi Elic! I couldn't help but laugh at you but I have to say that I do agree and understand your point. I wish that idea would work but sorry to say that our country isn't smart enough to do everything right...... meaning, they're doing SOME things right? Hmmmmm.... that leaves food for thought, eh? lol
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@ElicBxn (63594)
• United States
21 Dec 10
hey!! LTNS!
I know, it seems that there should be SOME way to make these kids finish school
Actually, I kind of like the idea of the multi-track system, a college track, a trade school track and a "hamburger flipper" track... each one targeting the skills that the child needs. Basic life skills for the kids that aren't going to continue their education, and start those life skills in 8th grade!
@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
20 Dec 10
That's actually not a bad idea.
If you ever get a chance to read The Ice People, do it. In that society, everyone wore rings and took them off only when they wanted children. I guess that wouldn't work here, because unwed mothers are accepted and even encouraged. But maybe more people would finish high school.
It's a shame we aren't born sterile and have to make a conscious decision to have children. I think society's casual disregard for children and its view of them as money makers (the media) and small adults (parents) is partly responsible for the rate of births to high school dropouts.
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@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
23 Dec 10
It’s a thought...(LOL)! I wonder if it would work. I don’t think that we can ever instil the importance of a decent education in some people because they only know what they’ve grown up with and getting pregnant at a young age, dropping out of school may reflect in their children. Sad but true. Having said that though every case is different and I guess we cannot judge every person. I still like your idea though Elic!
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@cerebellum (3863)
• United States
20 Dec 10
I mostly agree with you. As always there are exceptions though. I have a friend that dropped out of school and got married and had a kid at a very young age. After her son had grown up she got a GED and then went on to get a college degree. Now she has a very good job, and is making a lot of money etc. It seemed she was on a path to failure, but then later in life turned it around.
@cerebellum (3863)
• United States
20 Dec 10
She did have to go to school at night, because she had to work. You are right, if she had just finished school and then gone on to college it would have been much faster. Her first husband and the father of her child had a high school diploma. They weren't together very long. Her second husband has a college degree. I am sure he had a lot to do with her wanting to get a diploma.
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@purpletish87 (20)
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20 Dec 10
Thats a awful idea. having qualifications has nothing to do with having kids. and to take a child away from its parents for a stupid reason like that is appauling. How would you like it if the state took your kids off you just because you didnt have a GED. Looking after your children and making sure they are happy is more important than anything else.
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@ElicBxn (63594)
• United States
21 Dec 10
and having an education enough to SUPPORT them so they don't go on public assistance isn't?
actually, I'm more inclined for a basic life skills track in school, starting in 8th grade for those kids who don't plan on college - at least then they would know how to budget for food instead of tattoos!
