Junto Boys

They are starting to whine in California that many students will fail the new state tests that are required to get a high school diploma. Civil Rights organizations are calling it unfair to minorities. But I think a mass failure is just the kind of wake-up call this country needs. If an employer or college is to give any meaning to a high school diploma it must come from at least the minimum of knowledge. Otherwise, it is just an empty symbol of government compassion. If we don’t make students earn their diploma by hard work, then the schools can no longer pretend to be more than daycare centers.