High school diploma

dropout of school each year. Currently the law states that students can legally drop out of school at age sixteen. The idea of lowering the age to fourteen is ridiculous, even allowing students to legally drop out at the age now is not wise and borders on child abuse. Dropping out of school at sixteen years old, let alone fourteen will impact the student for life. Young people are known to make hasty decisions without much thought to the outcome of their choice. Students who stay in school are…

most people, my high school career lasted about 4 years. I made As and Bs for the most part, but never did earn my high school diploma. This made me feel as though high school was a complete waste of time. After all, I had nothing to show for it. A few months after my classmates graduated from high school, I earned my GED. I learned more from the experience of earning my GED than I did in all four years of high school combined. The lesson I learned was worth more to me than any diploma or…

dropped out of high school and has suffered from not receiving a full education? Well according to Monica Potts’s essay, “What’s Killing the Poor White Women?”, it is the lack of education that decreases women’s life expectancy. She tells of a women’s story, Crystal Wilson, who passed away, at a younger age, when there seemed to be nothing wrong with her. When the doctors and police officers looked into her background, they came to find out that not receiving her high school diploma was one…

determined to get back on track as far as my school work and grades were concerned and make my way through high school the way i knew that i could. Towards the end of my Junior year in highschool i found out that i was pregnant i thought that i would have to drop out of high school i was terrified to tell my mom i felt like a disappointment unfortunately I ended up having a miscarriage which sent me into a brief depression. My senior year of high school was finally here and i could see myself…

where I was born and raised at, almost my whole life, as well as my family. If I were to setup a personal museum filled with my most prized possessions it would have a picture of the cross (indicating my belief of Christianity), a picture of the diploma I will receive when I graduate, pictures of…

to high expectations, it is always answered with lawyers, doctors, surgeons, chefs etc. In our minds, at that age, we believe that it is quite simple to obtain or become a member of that profession. In order to become what we envision, we must graduate from high school and receive a certified high school diploma. Lately, the United States are dealing with teenagers dropping out of high school only to find themselves in a low-end job, and life. To be considered a “Drop Out” one must leave high…

by increasing my knowledge in school because without knowledge you can learn anything, and i want to learn everything to become a NBA player. My friends also support me by playing ball with me and taking on challenges in games for fun. They teach me more to what i need to do to become a good basketball player. In order to reaching my goal i have to stay i focused in school and work very hard so that after i have recieved my first goal which is my high school diploma i can go on to college and…

Grant Sicard 10/23/2016 Graduation Rates of Minority Students A college education has become an important gateway to the middle class, defined as the middle four deciles of income. In previous generations, a high school diploma alone was often sufficient to reach the middle class. Obtaining a college education is particularly challenging for low-income students: poor students are less likely to attend college in the first place, and those who do attend are less likely to graduate. Although for…

Dropping out of high school brings nothing good a country, its government and the people living in it. The economy will fall; unemployment rates will increase and tax payers will have to pay more to make up for what you cannot provide, also to help you live off of government services. During 2008, 1.2 million people dropped out of high school. That is one student every 26 seconds. At this point we had more people dropping out than anywhere else in the world. When Obama became president he…

going with one foot step in front of the other, sometimes I would come in one maybe two hours before the actual time. I was supposed to be there to get extra time to finish studying. It felt even better that I didn’t have anyone pressuring me to go to school. I did this on my own, with the help of my family and instructors also. I kept pushing myself I wanted this and I needed this to start the next chapter in my life which is adulthood. Here I am now 4 weeks in and I’m done. I had the support…