Introduction
Attention Getter:
1. “The U.S., which had some of the highest graduation rates of any developed country, now ranks 22nd out of 27 developed countries.”1
2. “Almost 2,000 high schools across the U.S. graduate less than 60% of their students.”3
Significance: This is significant because high school dropouts are limiting themselves from potential success and opportunities in the future.
Credibility:
My family has always pushed me in my academic life. My father especially pushed me to excel at school, because he did not finish college and knows first-hand how difficult it can be to secure a job without a degree. Along with my father’s pushing, my mother would always say “no knowledge is ever wasted” and this saying has greatly shaped my view of education.
Over the years, I …show more content…
By dropping out of school, the student’s career choices are much more limited.
b. With this limited option, the individual can be harmed emotionally or financially.
Transition: When a student drops out they are not thinking about the long term of retiring or supporting themselves, but their decision does shape their future finances.
B. “A high school dropout will earn $200,000 less than a high school graduate over his lifetime. And almost a million dollars less than a college graduate”4.
a. By dividing $63,784 which is the average income in the U.S. household, “according to …the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics” 7 , by the $200,000 the dropout could have made, one would find that the dropout would have been able to make the equivalent of 3.14 years of payments if he had stayed in school.
a. By not receiving the 3.14 years of payment, the dropout is made to work later in their lives, or to settle for less desirable living conditions or medical attention (ex: dentist).
Transition: By having this extra pressure to make money to try to make ends meet they can be placed in difficult situations. C. “In the U.S. high school dropouts commit about 75% of
Attention Getter:
1. “The U.S., which had some of the highest graduation rates of any developed country, now ranks 22nd out of 27 developed countries.”1
2. “Almost 2,000 high schools across the U.S. graduate less than 60% of their students.”3
Significance: This is significant because high school dropouts are limiting themselves from potential success and opportunities in the future.
Credibility:
My family has always pushed me in my academic life. My father especially pushed me to excel at school, because he did not finish college and knows first-hand how difficult it can be to secure a job without a degree. Along with my father’s pushing, my mother would always say “no knowledge is ever wasted” and this saying has greatly shaped my view of education.
Over the years, I …show more content…
By dropping out of school, the student’s career choices are much more limited.
b. With this limited option, the individual can be harmed emotionally or financially.
Transition: When a student drops out they are not thinking about the long term of retiring or supporting themselves, but their decision does shape their future finances.
B. “A high school dropout will earn $200,000 less than a high school graduate over his lifetime. And almost a million dollars less than a college graduate”4.
a. By dividing $63,784 which is the average income in the U.S. household, “according to …the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics” 7 , by the $200,000 the dropout could have made, one would find that the dropout would have been able to make the equivalent of 3.14 years of payments if he had stayed in school.
a. By not receiving the 3.14 years of payment, the dropout is made to work later in their lives, or to settle for less desirable living conditions or medical attention (ex: dentist).
Transition: By having this extra pressure to make money to try to make ends meet they can be placed in difficult situations. C. “In the U.S. high school dropouts commit about 75% of