Originally posted in a LVRJ forum.
Employers said they were not interested in hiring high school dropouts. And alternative education would be limited because many apprenticeships and adult education programs require participants to be at least 18, educators said.
Involuntary servitude is prohibited in this state (Article 1, §18). Why do we DRAFT kids into the school system? Mariani's proposal was definitely a step in the right direction. Indeed, the Constitution set up pub-ed with attendance OPTIONAL (Article 11 §2).
I wouldn't expect employers like Kirkorian or Agassi to badmouth dropouts. Both quit in 8th grade! No doubt the guy who dissed them has a worthless 4 yr degree and (NON)works for the government. If "educators" (who have pretty dismal records) had their way, you'd need a PhD to sweep floors.
If attendance was voluntary, CCSD would probably lose >90% of its students -- to the BENEFIT of the opt-outers. The sooner kids leave CCSD the better off they'll be.
It shouldn't surprise anyone that public education advocates would converge to replace Mariani's Constitutional proposal (narrowed compulsary attendance) with an unconstitutional, big government, special interest one.
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