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Thr.s Large wrthd.rawal of young people before grad._
uatlon from our seçondary schools must be aecepted as a
challenge, not only by teachers, but by all ri.gh.t_thlnki.ng
people who a¡e lnterested. in what our schools are supposed
to be dolng. How is thls challenge to be met? One ansïrer
to this question has been to ræü.se the school leaving age
and thus prohibit the youth by law from leavlng the school
untll he has been traiined to meet mod.ern standarde of 1it_
eracy. thls obJectlve has been partially attained. and Íts
proponents would. further increase the school leaving age
with the hope tha;t all youth mtght thus reaçh the sta¡rdard.,
The attempt to force mãny of the reeultlng nsquare pegsrr
through rrround holesr has filled our second.a,ry schooLe with
rebels 'tcreeplng Like snai1, unwÍ.llingLy to sohoolrrrwaltlng
for the d*y thet advanclng age and decreasing family press_
ure due to increasing subject farlure, will allow them to
withdraw into the empl03nnent fÍer.d, Thínlcing ad.mlnistrators,
knowing that the ã{ìswer does not lie in compulsion, hær¡e
atterupted to widen the cuericulum offerlngs, speaklng mean_
while a'bout rrmeetlng the needs of ind.ividual pupllsfr. cornp_
oslte high schools, technicar high echools and vocatlonal
hlgh schoor.s, have corne into vogue æs phases of æ movement
to solve the probrem but it is"found, thâ,t the 1ærger the
course-variation possible, the greater ís the need. for
rrselectionr and rrguidancen to fit youth into the inereaslng
va,rÍety of offe:rlngs, ¡.11 of this has led to the d.eveLopment