tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313064.post182001618916313586..comments2024-02-05T11:44:29.403-06:00Comments on Child of Illusion: The Sojourners quote of the weekEllie Finlayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05807252889442220449noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313064.post-56435441789234369392011-12-31T11:50:11.183-06:002011-12-31T11:50:11.183-06:00Good for Joe that he got his GED. In that case, he...Good for Joe that he got his GED. In that case, he DID complete high school.<br /><br />It's tragic, really, that school systems as they are so often crush the initiative and creativity of our young people. We can do better as a society; we really can.Ellie Finlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05807252889442220449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313064.post-2132975627097599082011-12-29T20:45:09.880-06:002011-12-29T20:45:09.880-06:00Joe is one of those who didn't graduate high s...Joe is one of those who didn't graduate high school. <br /><br />Part of the problem was poverty - he, as the oldest of 6 kids of a single mother, decided he wasn't learning anything worthwhile in school, he was a burden on his mother, his time was better spent working, so he dropped out, got his GED, and enlisted in the Army. <br /><br />And ya know, sometimes people do better in life if they do drop out - sometimes the school system is the very thing that kills their initiative and problem-solving skills and creativity and whatnot. NPR ran some articles about this earlier this year, and a lot of people left comments indicating they dropped out and did just fine in life. So maybe the way our public school system isn't right for every kid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com