I say force 2 years of military service that begins when schooling is over. That will teach them respect for the country and those that don't graduate would make a good shield for the real soldiers.

now your thinkin! (oww and it was 15 not 18 from that post before)

Would you have any statistics on that?
True, in my view, though "60-Minutes" is a wonderful exception.
Surely it is only a minority of kids who come from "single-moms". Would you have any statistics? And also why would being raised by a single-mom automatically make you unfit for school?
I really wonder if your portrail concurs with most American families.

Uh, Math and Science are the courses that you need to survive in the technological marketplace.

Well of course. I'm not implying the removal of them. But if a school were only have those two subjects, the grades would probably be poor. Variety is the spice of life!

If those are the only classes you have, you'll have a hard time in a technological marketplace. They might be the majority of what you need, but you still have to think creatively and communicate clearly. Language and philosophy/social sciences go a long way, even for the nerds.

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26 percent of U.S. children under the age of 18 lived in a single-parent home according to the 2002 Census. Since this number has been growing it's probably up to almost 1/3 if not there by now. For minorities it is almost double that number.

A single parent is more likely to be stretched thin with their time because all things equal they have half the income of two parent family. This may require more working hours to support their children. If you look at the link below, the median income of a single mother is $25,500, which in my mind is hardly enough for just the parent to get by. This also reduces any chance of receiving aid for college through parent assistance. Statistics also show that children born with single parents are twice as likely to have a child before 20 as well. The overall data seems to suggest that children born form single families are more likely to find themselves in similar financial difficulty for adopting the same circumstances as their parent.

If you want more facts just go here with links to data as references.

http://www.pobronson.com/factbook/pages/43.html

The main issue I have with single parents is that they dig themselves a hole financially and then feel as if it is their right to be granted assistance from the government. If someone wants to be a single parent, so be it, but don't come crying to the government when they can't handle it. It also seems to be common within poor communities or those in poverty. It basically encourages a welfare state.

i graduated from highschool 2 years ago. when i was a freshman, my class size was almost 2000 kids in a school of 3000. by my senior year, there were less than 400 of us left. and my school was graded as a "B" school. i cant imagine how the schools on the ghetto side of town that were "D-" managed to graduate anyone.

thats not the only problem. the classes are ridicolously dumbed down. they actually have levels for how dumb you are so you can still graduate. it pissed me off so much because i had to take pre AP and AP classes just to get a "descent" eduacation. i hated having to sit through general classes because it was like sitting in the middle of a farm with farm animals all around and the "teacher"(the teachers were a joke) trying to teach the pig how to talk and me having to sit through it.

school is a joke. they need to either kick the retards(closest description of how stupid they really are) or keep them back until they learn the stuff.