SK> I doubt you have enough familiarity with the GED test to make such
SK> statements. I know that I have had 10th graders who were mediocre
SK> students drop out from school and pass that test. (Thankfully, only a
SK> few isolated examples.) If they were able to take and pass that test
SK> without completing 10th grade, and clearly were they to have 
SK> completed
SK> school through 12th grade would have meant they would have had
SK> additional preparation and knowledge, 
    North Carolina's HS competency test required for HS graduation is pegged 
at the 10th-grade level anyhow...you don't need trig or even Algebra II to 
pass it.  And math is typically the college subject that washes out more 
college students than anything else, due to the sequential nature of the 
subject.
    Most college students having math-related problems are struggling with an 
inadequate command of 7th-8th grade math, not anything normally taught 
between 10th and 12th grades.  
    And most of the class day between 10th and 12th grade isn't spent on any 
subject that is necessary to succeed in college.  Even if a college freshman 
never took American History, 11th grade literature, chemistry, or biology, he 
can do fine in college if he can hack the math and has basic literacy skills 
normally taught in elementary and junior high.
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