Requiring students to apply to college in DC

[RockofStrength]

D.C. Lawmakers Propose Requiring Students To Apply To College | Fox News

Apparently the chuckleheads in DC have got it in their heads that they should have laws requiring their students to take the SAT/ACT (paying the fees for those tests, mind you) and apply for a college/trade school. This would also establish a mandatory workshop teaching the DC school students how to apply.

Before jumping on any hyperbole bandwagons:

1. The requirement is to APPLY, not attend. No one would be forced to attend any college.

2. This is only meant to apply to the local DC school system. It is NOT a nationwide initiative.

 

[rambone]

Hell, why not?

We already cede 12 years of our lives to the state.

Why not give them 4 more years of compulsory education?

Why not let them force us into the workforce too?

Keep getting those worthless degrees.

Keep taking on those debts.

Keep those dollars flowing into the College-Industrial Complex.

Keep ignoring the fact that corporations & government have joined forces to legally enslave us.

 

[Bondhead88]

D.C. Lawmakers Propose Requiring Students To Apply To College | Fox News

Apparently the chuckleheads in DC have got it in their heads that they should have laws requiring their students to take the SAT/ACT (paying the fees for those tests, mind you) and apply for a college/trade school. This would also establish a mandatory workshop teaching the DC school students how to apply.

Before jumping on any hyperbole bandwagons:

1. The requirement is to APPLY, not attend. No one would be forced to attend any college.

2. This is only meant to apply to the local DC school system. It is NOT a nationwide initiative.

I saw that today on Fox. I thought just another area where politicians want to control our liberties. I agree this is a DC only initiative but someone will get it into their heads that this should be a federal initiative.

The state wants to take the place of parents and perpetually breast feed it's citizens.

 

[ZombieApocolypse]

I do believe DC has one of the highest dropout rates, AND DC students also perform on the bottom portion of the grading scale (they get some of the worst grades in the US). So ..... Apply all they want, theres a better chance they wont get into 99% of colleges. Something needs to be done about Pre-college schooling before they can compete in the college market

 

[cobber]

If they get in, presumably the government will pay?

They probably ought to work on improving the standard of education in the District, so that the kids' HS diplomas actually mean something.

This is like building a house on a foundation of sand.

 

[Titanium_Frost]

They must have too much time on their hands to think up **** like this.

 

[KLB]

They must have too much time on their hands to think up **** like this.

Isn't this true of most if not all of our politicians?

 

[AuntieBellum]

This isn't an unprecedented move. Illinois already requires and pays for all students to take the ACT. And Indiana has something called College GO! Week when most colleges across the state waive app fees and many English teachers, career teachers, etc, require their students to apply to x number of schools as part of their grade. So keep your eyes peeled 'cause this could be coming our way in the not too distant future.

 

[John Galt]

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This seems to me a fitting description of those currently entrusted to make decisions on our behalf, who make decisions that are COMPLETELY void of any rational or logical thought whatsoever. DC's graduation rate is pathetic, while they spend an obscene amount of taxpayer dollars to achieve this pathetic grad rate. Not to mention that government controls the loans to schools and pulls the strings for those that provide said education. I know this instance a local thing, but Libs have an unnatural way of spinning projects like this that are "for our good". "Think of the children (and the elderly)" is the nuclear weapon of guilt and fear tactics to sway public opinion and soon enough, this madness will be at a state/city near you ladies and gentlemen!
At what point does this country erupt due to insanity such as this?

 

[jgreiner]

If they get in, presumably the government will pay?

They probably ought to work on improving the standard of education in the District, so that the kids' HS diplomas actually mean something.

This is like building a house on a foundation of sand.

No, most likely it will be ANOTHER unfunded mandate.

 

[edporch]

Just another example of a law that the Federal government (who ultimately runs DC) has no Constitutional authority to pass.