text: The way they are rating the "no child left behind" system is that schools that are failing will lose funding.  Schools that excel will get funding.  So to me, sounds logical that a child that does not graduate will not get funding (bank loans).  On the military issue, they have already dropped the strict requirements on entry due to the many now out of commission, either through death or through disability.  They will take whatever they can get, including many immigrants who've not received American citizenship.  Those who are less educated only need to know one thing in the military . . how to shoot a gun.  They can teach them that and send them to the frontline as expendables.