Re: High schoolers graduating early bebate

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chris Stassen
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > > Dale Bright wrote:
> > > > I have no data on any of this. However, I have some serious doubt that
> > > > a borderline student, academically, would graduate early in the first
> > > > place.
> 
> I don't know how it is everywhere in the country, but at my high 
> school, you could get enough credits for a diploma without taking 
> anything resembling a "college prep" course.  You might be 
> encouraging kids to load up on the "preparing yourself for your life 
> as a secretary" track just so they could graduate early.

Exactly my concern. You may be creating an incentive for athletes to
give up on the pretense of a real education before they even get the HS
diploma.

It's not a problem right now, but if a couple of schools start pursuing
this idea and have success doing it, it could become one.

Vijay R.