Ontario is looking at forcing kids to stay in school until so it can increase the number of high school grads. Currently, up to 30% (!!!!!) drop out because they find the new curriculum too "tough" (it's harder, but honestly, it isn't all that hard). If one really doesn't want to finish high school, then they're supposed to take on apprenticeships. The point is that the government doesn't want a bunch of useless people that they may have to help finance in the long term. Do you think this is a good idea? It seems that kids are mixed about it. One kid wondered 'what's wrong with dropping out of school and taking a well-paying job. " (ummm, kid, it's going to be a little difficult to get a "well paying job" without an education.....unless your definition of "well paying" isn't the same as the rest of the world's). Another kid said that if one doesn't want to learn, then one doesn't want to learn.
Link to today's Toronto Star article:
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...acodalogin=yes