Here's an article about a father sent to jail because his daughter didn't get her GED.
http://www.channel3000.com/education/16252243/detail.html
I disagree with this ruling. For one thing, its sending a terrible message that parents are responsible for their children's education. (Yes, you heard me correctly!) The person truly responsible for this girl acquiring her GED should be the daughter herself! Sending her father to jail isn't really going to teach her the consequences of not being educated.
I don't believe you can force anyone to learn. They have to want to do this themselves. Does this judge think by throwing her father in jail he will awaken this girl's desire to further her education? Or is it a form or terrorism? YOU WILL GET YOUR GED OR YOUR FATHER IS GOING TO PRISON.
The second issue I have with this ruling is that you better build more prisons. If this dad goes to jail shouldn't you then go out and arrest every parent of every child who didn't graduate high school? Should the teachers be throw in jail as well? Are teachers responsible when students fail or don't score high enough of government tests?
Here in Wisconsin we have a compulsory attendance law. Its not a compulsory education law because if it was, we could sue the school district if Johnny can't read.
This father is probably the complete opposite of a "helicopter" parent, and on the other end of the spectrum, maybe he neglected to model for his daughter, the rewards of having an education. Either way this girl is 18. I'm sure she's capable of having a mind of her own, and making her own decisions. Too often we tell our children its someone else's fault, rather than their own.
I'll get off my soapbox now.
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If she's 18, she needs to be the one to get into trouble for her decisions and not her father. :(
It seems the daughter has no interest in an education at all because of truancy issues. If one parent is going to be held liable, why not make both liable?
Seems to me it is always easier to place blame on someone else then to be responsible for our own actions. Now a judge is going to blame someone else also. Not a good decision
Article kept timing out on me so I couldn't read it. ;(
Typical of our govt & signs of things to come... ENOUGH of this BS about parents having to take responsibillity
This girl is 18..
there are 18 yr olds out in the fox holes in Iraq
Both are of legal age..
ok try two
on the one hand I think the gment has too much control another widow friend of mine was almost in trouble getting her kids to school on time...
on the other the school should be responsible cus she left AFTER she was dropped off.
then again.... she is an adult now... maybe now she will be into getting it done maybe not.. I certainly dont have my PHD in Math. and I HAVE my HS Dip and some college behind me.
Look at the stats of the child left behind program...
The problem with this country is that people don't take ownership of what they do. They place blame and wear that chip wherever they go. Until attitudes change and lives are put back into perspective, things will not change. :(
The article is so bloody brief that we, of course, are not getting the full picture. But I agree with you, Dawn. How would the daughter--legally an adult--learn a "lesson" by watching her non-custodial father go to jail for something so absurd.
Sadly, the education issue in Australia is not too far different from America's. :(
I'm with you on this one. I could see if she was under the age of 18 and the issue was her father was not allowing her to go to school...but at 18...SHE is responsible for HER...not Dad. And, don't several states allow a child to make the decision to drop out of school at a certain age?
I agree with debbims too...there really is a lack of personal responsibility in this country for so many people...how does this judge's decision lead to this girl taking any responsibility for her own actions??
When I was in school in the state of IL 16 yrs of age was the age kids could drop out........I believe it was the same age when my sister was in school as well in the state of MS.
Still is Debbi KY and NY
ok
age 16 is enough for NC too. he wouldn't be held liable here.
I agree with you. What about the child wanting something for her own future? Why should parents be forced to "stuff it down their throats?"
And what if she's not a bad kid at all? What if she's really responsible and just bored out of her mind? Why can't she just start her life? In NC she could go to community college (after she passes placement tests) and enroll in a 4 year program after that..
Would she still not need a GED? I would assume she'd have to have a GED and then take placement tests, but I could be wrong about that. Never looked into it before.
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