Should Students Be Required To Stay In High School

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With the typical person in today’s society hustling around, a driver’s license is almost mandatory to get from place to place. Next in importance is having a high school diploma, especially in the work force here is America. The first requirement on an application is typically must have obtained a diploma or equivalent to. The idea of requiring a high school diploma to receive a license seems to provide an incentive to work towards that diploma.

If a high school diploma is one of the requirements to receive a license, I believe that this would encourage students to stay and finish high school. A license is a privilege and not a right, and I think that a license should be a responsibility that is earned through hard work. Staying in high school

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