Re: GED not worth the paper
- From: "James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:51:22 GMT
Evan wrote on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:31:02 -0800:
??>> 2. You used to be able to graduate from high school
??>> without taking any exams?
EK> Typically, the state sets requirements for minimum numbers
EK> of classes that have to be passed overall and in various
EK> subjects but leaves it to the individual schools to
EK> determine what constitutes a "pass". (Schools may have
EK> additional requirements of their own.) When I graduated in
I'm sure others have realized that this discussion is about US practice. I used to enjoy surprising my kids' friends by telling them that I did not have a high school diploma.
I was educated in Scotland and if I do have the various certificates listing my passes in the national exams and a Junior Secondary Certificate issued by the County, which is rather like a high school diploma if awarded at the age of 14 or so.
James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland
E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
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