<p>For the average student graduating from high school in three years really isn’t worth it. It’s pointless, even. At best you’re missing out on the best year of high school and a fundamental American experience. At worst you’re putting way too much pressure on students and academically and emotionally impeding them. I know one classmate at my school who graduated in three years and that was because of family circumstances. She wanted to get away from an unhealthy environment.</p>
<p>In my opinion, unless the student naturally excels so much so that high school is actually limiting their potential, there isn’t much benefit to graduating early. If a student does decide to do this, however, it is essential that the student has firm emotional support. Senior year is something people look back on when they’re older as one of the most important experiences of their lives, whether they liked or not. It’s a time of youth, the time for being with your friends, doing stupid things, and obsessing over colleges and jobs. It’s the time for thinking about your future, finding out what to want to do, who you are, who you want to be. Taking this experience away can be incredibly isolating and detrimental to a young person.</p>