A common reason for children dropping out of school these days is due to becoming affiliated with gangs along with committing crimes. An article in the Huffington Post "The Real Reason Children Drop out of School" by Franklin Schargel says that "Many children live on the wrong side of the track in places where education is not valued, where drugs, gangs, and violence abound." Showing that low-income students are more likely to get involved with drugs and drop out of school. When one of my close childhood friends moved to Florida he was stuck in a lower income school area, since his mother couldn't afford the nearby private school and because he was new he just wanted to fit in but instead got caught up in joining a gang which ended with him
