Chicago,
Illinois, has a chronic inflated state problem disguised as a
schooling problem. In order to eradicate the symptom, Mayor Rahm
Emanuel has decided to attack those who suffer from it and not the
actual root of the problem — adopting a classic “more of the
same” approach.
A plan
approved in May is set to take effect soon, forcing high school
seniors to either be enlisted in the military, have a job, be
enrolled in a gap-year program, or have a college acceptance letter
before the Chicago public schooling system will give them their
diploma. The obvious consequences of this new policy are problematic.
Still, Emanuel doesn’t seem to care.
In the
scenario Chicago’s mayor envisions, students from the poorest areas
of the city, where many parents are often absent due to their work
schedules, problems with the law, or other issues, children nearing
the end of their senior year will have to head to a counselor’s
office for advice on which path to take if they want to obtain their
high school diplomas.
Unfortunately,
in many of the schools in those areas, counselors often work with 400
students at a time. With few resources to offer sound advice, these
students will be forced to do whatever seems easier, less
complicated, and perhaps less burdensome in order to meet the new
requirements. As such, many will enlist in the military while others
will head to already crowded city colleges. The other obvious
consequence of this policy is that many students will simply postpone
graduating or completely give up on it.
In no time,
Chicago, whose population already suffers due to poverty, high crime
rates worsened by a suffocating anti-gun agenda that hurts blacks
more than anyone else, and the ongoing drug war will see yet another
problem gradually taking over.
As young
high school students feel uncertain of their future, they will have
no incentives to pursue their own individual paths. Instead, they
will turn to those that are readily available. As a result, many of
the poorest kids in the city will likely take up crime, whether on
behalf of the state — by joining the military — or on behalf of a
drug cartel that wouldn’t exist without the U.S. government’s war
on drugs.
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