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What Does It Say About America That We Jail Teens for Having Sex or Being Late to School?

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Achilles Tang6/11/2012 11:24:56 am PDT

re: #7 ggt

There are always situations that make for anecdotes supposedly proving a larger issue. Perhaps this is one. Perhaps the judge was an ass. Perhaps not all the information was presented initially.

Whatever the reason, truancy is a serious issue. It means we get an uneducated sub culture. It means that most truants are not working a job; they are stealing, partying or otherwise ruining any chances of employment, and what that means to the rest of us.

So far I have heard no suggestions from you on how to deal with it.