Re: A Cry For Help.

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From: toto
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 00:00

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On Wed, 21 Jun 2000 11:01:32 GMT, "just me"
<thedewitts@earthlink.net> wrote:

>
>"toto" <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 06 Jun 2000 00:04:27 GMT, marion10@earthlink.net (Marion
>> Baumgarten) wrote:
>>
<snip>

>> >Actually this varies from state to state- in Illinois you can't take the
>> >test until you are 18.
>> >
>> I don't quite understand the logic of this.  If you can drop out at
>> 16, why can't you take the GED immediately?  Makes no sense.
>> Many kids would not pass it, but for those who can, why not?
>>
>I have been told, FWIW, that this is to discourage drop out behavior simply
>to take the GED and avoid school attendance.  The rule in Mass. when I was
>there ten years ago was that you could not take the GED test until your
>class graduated.
>
>-Aula
>
I believe you, I just think it's a dumb rule.

Dorothy


There is no sound, no cry in all the world
that can be heard unless someone listens ..
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Subject: Re: A Cry For Help.
Date: 2000/06/21
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