I hate the stereotypes about education in the US. It's like "finishing school" is a separate and holier thing than learning and actually getting a real education. A high school aged person who decides to take charge of their own life and education and that involves leaving the institution is very very different from the inner-city kid who can't make it to class every day because he's hung over or working to support his crackhead mother and her 5 illegitimate kids.
Dropping out of high school is not the problem we're afraid of, giving up on life is the problem. Being under 18 and giving up on life is really a sad state of affairs. But taking charge of your future as a teenager is just about the most responsible decision you can make.
In
The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education
teens are empowered to take control of their own life. It's a lesson that's often stolen away from kids before they realize that they ever had a choice in the matter. But it's a fact, the only person who owns a life is the one living it.
Simply leaving school isn't a precursor to misery. Also, I've never ever ever ever ever had a potential employer ask for a copy of my high school diploma. But whatever. Maybe I'm biased because I'm an
unschooler and have seen kids doing amazing things outside of the institution. And come to think of it, I've never had a college ask for my high school information either.
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