[LA Times] 20% of California Seniors Flunk High School Graduation Exam

--- "Ng-Baumhackl, Mitja" (a friend from HS) wrote:
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> I dropped out before it was trendy. Thought that should be known.
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20% of California Seniors Flunk High School Graduation Exam Nearly 100,000 statewide are in jeopardy of not earning diplomas, a report says.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-exit1oct01,0,7413567.story?coll=la-story-footer&track=morenews

I have 2 reactions to this:
1) People have to pass a test to have children instead.
2) We already know, and everyone else should too, that you don't need to graduate HS to go to college. This would hardly be news if that information was better available.