Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel: No HS diploma without a plan for graduation

[Honeycombe8]

39. Yeah, I think it's worth a try.

I think it really might help getting kids thinking about their futures. Like I said, it may need to be tweaked, to account for those whose grades are barely passable and can't get into a college, or can't pay for a trade school. But I think it's helpful to kids as guidance.

It would, for instance, prompt them to search around for trade schools they wouldn't ordinarily consider or know about, think about community college, think about different jobs and pay, etc.

Good for kids who don't have guidance at home, like my situation. I never even gave a thought to a future until later in high school, and then only in passing. Although I was very intelligent and had natural abilities and teachers had spoken to me to try to get me focused, to no avail. My mother wasn't that kind of mother. I was sort of left to raise myself with not much guidance. It would have been helpful to have me focus early on college or trade school. It may not have done much good, but it might have.

I'm guessing there a lot of kids in Chicago w/o parental guidance. So I think it's worth a try. Sounds like Chicago is desperate to deal with a situation.