December 13, 200619 yr A new law was passed in Ontario. The law states that anyone under 18 that drops out of school, will get their license taken away. Do you think this is a good idea? Personally, I think it may be a good thing. It might give someone who wants to drop out that added incentive to stay in school. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.
December 13, 200619 yr What about people who drop out of school and pick up a trade? How are they suposed to work :uhh:
December 13, 200619 yr ^ They finish their high schooling, go to a technical school and start their trade?
December 13, 200619 yr You understood it wrong, the law makes it so that their licenses will be delayed: http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/yoursp ... opout.html Not really that big of a problem in my opinion, in most countries of the world you have to be 18 to drive anyways. It's not a 'god given right'. Elsewhere in the world kids age 16-17 take a bus. And if you had a license before that, they wont take it away.
December 13, 200619 yr Personally, I think in terms of "encouraging students to stay at school", delaying driver's licences will do as much to achieve that end as attempting to clean a cesspool by urinating in it. That's to say, not very much at all. If anything, it'll increase the amount of illegal driving. .
December 13, 200619 yr Maybe they get the bus? :uhh: Maybe they live in towns of 10000 without busses :uhh:
December 13, 200619 yr Maybe they get the bus? :uhh: Maybe they live in towns of 10000 without busses :uhh: There are towns of less than 5,000 with buses. Even most towns with a population of less than 300 have bus connections.
December 13, 200619 yr Maybe they get the bus? :uhh: Maybe they live in towns of 10000 without busses :uhh: There are towns of less than 5,000 with buses. Even most towns with a population of less than 300 have bus connections. I live in a town of 9,000 with no bus. Ontario, too.
December 13, 200619 yr Maybe they get the bus? :uhh: Maybe they live in towns of 10000 without busses :uhh: There are towns of less than 5,000 with buses. Even most towns with a population of less than 300 have bus connections. I live in a town of 9,000 with no bus. Ontario, too. Ride a donkey, or a giraffe if canadians have those.
December 13, 200619 yr Ride a donkey, or a giraffe if canadians have those. Moose. :: Guess the Movie Contest Champion: pfilc23 ::
December 13, 200619 yr What about people who drop out of school and pick up a trade? How are they suposed to work :uhh: It's those that drop out of high school that the law applies to. It's not too hard to get your high school diploma. Plus, in Ontario, it's pretty hard to get any type of job (including trade) without a high school diploma.
December 13, 200619 yr Ride a donkey, or a giraffe if canadians have those. Moose. Or a polar bear, Canada has plenty of both. Some kids just don't do well in school, and don't really get anything out of finishing school. Some would rather just start working in a factory somewhere. If that is their choice, I say let them do it. You don't need a HS diploma to do manual labour jobs.
December 13, 200619 yr Let's make more laws! Rules will solve every problem! As long as everyone actually follows them, they do. People are just ignorant and and don't realize that if everyone did follow the laws, there would be no problems. Sig by IkuraiYour Guide to Posting! Behave or I will send my Moose mounted Beaver launchers at you!
December 13, 200619 yr Let's make more laws! Rules will solve every problem! As long as everyone actually follows them, they do. People are just ignorant and and don't realize that if everyone did follow the laws, there would be no problems. That's true, but as you know most humans aren't mindless robots and many of them are greedy. When a few start breaking the rules and obtain profit and benefits for it without proper punishment, it will encourage more people to do so. In reality laws are useless, the only thing that matters is how hard they are enforced. In this case, young people may not be greedy but when they see their underage friends driving even though it's illegal, they will be faced with the question "why can't I, then?". You know, there's no reward for obeying the law, and the police don't have resources to stop millions of cars in Ontario just to check the ID's of every driver just in case they're 17 or 16. This law is useless because it is too hard to enforce.
December 13, 200619 yr stupid law. :/ surely it'll just cause more illegal driving. and surely if people have passed their driving test they're capable of driving perfectly well. and as people've said you can't drop out and get into a trade. nice one, Ontario :|
December 13, 200619 yr stupid law. :/ surely it'll just cause more illegal driving. and surely if people have passed their driving test they're capable of driving perfectly well. and as people've said you can't drop out and get into a trade. nice one, Ontario :| They didn't make the law because they thought dropouts were unfit to drive. They made the law to discourage people from dropping out.
December 13, 200619 yr Yeah, just seema bit badly thought out to me though because people probably have reasons for dropping out. My mate dropped out of high school 3 years from finishing it because he had bad family problems, dislexia, adhd and depression - mostly due to the three mentioned before and school was making them a lot worse. He's a lot happier now out of school... What i'm saying is, i'm sure there's other ways to discourage people from dropping out. I can't list examples, but seems a bit of a desperate measure to me..
December 13, 200619 yr Let's make more laws! Rules will solve every problem! As long as everyone actually follows them, they do. People are just ignorant and and don't realize that if everyone did follow the laws, there would be no problems. That's true, but as you know most humans aren't mindless robots and many of them are greedy. When a few start breaking the rules and obtain profit and benefits for it without proper punishment, it will encourage more people to do so. In reality laws are useless, the only thing that matters is how hard they are enforced. In this case, young people may not be greedy but when they see their underage friends driving even though it's illegal, they will be faced with the question "why can't I, then?". You know, there's no reward for obeying the law, and the police don't have resources to stop millions of cars in Ontario just to check the ID's of every driver just in case they're 17 or 16. This law is useless because it is too hard to enforce. Although it seems lately that laws are becoming a problem, because they get stricter after a few greedy people abused the last generation of laws ;\ I just posted something! ^_^ to the terrorist...er... kirbybeam.
December 13, 200619 yr A new law was passed in Ontario. The law states that anyone under 18 that drops out of school, will get their license taken away. Do you think this is a good idea? Personally, I think it may be a good thing. It might give someone who wants to drop out that added incentive to stay in school. Definitely a great idea. No one should drop out of High School. Regardless of your situation, there are sometimes in life where you have to strive to make it happen. I know plenty of poor people that strive each day to live, and still get an education. Including a family in Bosnia Herzegovina who lives in poverty, and despite two younger children, the teenage boy and girl both go to school while taking care of them, and working. I know this law also exists in many states as well. Me doing staff.
December 13, 200619 yr I heard they're allowed to take co-op classes where they do get to work. They can also take internships and apprenticeships. While I'm not in favor of needless rules, for people who aren't capable of making good decisions and only think 'in the now,' I think it's for the best. Now it might be irritating for students who don't want all these would-be-dropouts in their classes, I still think it's the best for everyone's future. You really can't go anywhere as a dropout unless you do something miraculous on your own. And the majority of these people just end up working for their family's trade or going into construction or some type of manual labor job.
December 13, 200619 yr It's to stop kids from dropping out for no reason. And it will work. The popularity of any given religion today depends on the victories of the wars they fought in the past. - Me!
December 14, 200619 yr Maybe they get the bus? :uhh: Maybe they live in towns of 10000 without busses :uhh: There are towns of less than 5,000 with buses. Even most towns with a population of less than 300 have bus connections. I live in a town of 9,000 with no bus. Ontario, too. Ride a donkey, or a giraffe if canadians have those. Hellz no, that's what my beer-swilling hockey nut Meese are for, eh?
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