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Last night in President Obama's adress to Congress, he reiterated what most intelligent people have known for years. A high school education is not enough. The president recommends at least 1 year of higher education or career training beyond high school in order to be competitive in a Global economy.
Unfortunately, many students don't even receive a high school diploma.
"We have one of the highest high-school dropout rates of any industrialized nation, and half of the students who begin college never finish," Obama said. "This is a prescription for economic decline, because we know the countries that out-teach us today will out-compete us tomorrow."
The statistics speak for themselves. There is a larger percentage of Koreans in College than Americans, and Canada and Japan outrank us in students have an associates degree or higher. The president ads that :
Dropping out of high school is “not just quitting on yourself, it’s quitting on your country -- and this country needs the talents of every American.
This is why the economic stimulus bill included $2,500 credit for higher education and makes books and computer eligible for write-offs.
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