I agree with this post!!! And in California they have a required exit exam from high school - if the kids don't pass the first time, they make them stay after school and take a class where they actually give you the answers to the test so you are guaranteed to pass if you memorize the answers - what is the point. These kids obviously had no interest in graduating but were forced to pass a test that had no meaning to them at all. I honestly believe that the school would not know what to do with the students who do not pass :) Great post!!! Got me thinking on this one .. sorry I rambled, thinking out loud .. SUNSHINE247