What good are "Modified Diplomas?"

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A few times when I talked to struggling aspy boys or their parents, struggling to get the kids through school, they say that the schools put the kids into "modified diploma{ programs to make sure that they graduate. After the modified graduations, the kids who got those diplomas weren't in great shape to take the next steps after high school.

I'm thinking that the modified diplomas are worthless but they make the schools look better because drop outs make the schools look bad.

I have never figured out what good 'diplomas' were in the first place, and I have a few adorning the walls about my desk here. I did an inquiry and found that the best use a diploma has is to go to the next level of what ever schooling is next.

I have been chuckled at when mentioning them in a job interview. Either everyone else had degrees, or they realized it didn't matter, much, anyway.

Merle

Hi Merle

One of these says, I'm going to hop into my car, head south and see you!

When my son entered college, they never asked about a diploma. I don't get it!

hey, don't drive too far South. I just transfered in my job to the Salem office and am now living here!

Merle

Salem! That;s perfect! My husband and I drive to Salem once a month to have dinner with autist involved people between Portland and Eugene. We all come together with nothing in mind and wind up with so much exciting things to think about.

I'll pm you.

I believe that the people who do the best, regardless of "credentials," are those people whose parents stressed education. Some were homeschooled, while others, like me, supplemented what they learned at school with their own research and listening to people around them. I have four degrees, but I believe I learned the most by listening, reading and observing.

many employers wouldn't give a second thought to hiring someone who doesn't have a high school diploma.