High school is a struggle for everyone, that is no lie, but what is it for? Walking through the doors and dealing with the crowded hallways and the drama for a piece of paper? To most people that is all high school is for them. Going to school for thirteen years to be able to walk across the stage to get their diploma, it is time. For some of us, high school was a blast and for others, it was a struggle just trying to graduate. But no matter who you were, being able to get dressed up and walk proudly across that stage on graduation day was the best moment of your life. Being back at the bottom of the totem pole freshmen year of high school was bothersome, we worked to get to the top of our elementary school, then the middle school to just
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When my name was called and I walked across that stage and received my diploma, it was the proudest moment of my life. It’s crazy to think about all the students that were not able to have the same experience as we did.
Whitney - Yes, for example all the students that either failed or dropped out. In my experience, my class started freshman year with more than 250 students but only a little more than 160 students did graduate.
Jordyn - Yes, actually the other day I read something about that on The Huffington Post, it said something like “While high school dropout percentages in the U.S. are much lower today than they were a few decades ago, there is still a lot of room for improvement. Students from low-income families are 2.4 times more likely to drop out than middle-income kids, and over 10 times more likely than high-income peers to drop out.”
Whitney - Oh really? Well once I think about it, the town I grew up in is more on the line of middle and lower class income. Sad to think about all those students not being able to go to college with us, and experience college life. But why should I care about that, the income …show more content…
I felt that once I completed our research I connected more with the topic than what I thought I would have. I especially related well with low-income student part as I have personally struggled with that myself. I assumed beforehand that fewer low-income students graduate from high school and go on to college than their peers, but the statistics were a little more staggering than I would have imagined. I also found it very interesting the statistics of people who didn’t graduate from high school and the economic and social consequences of that decision. Overall, I am satisfied with the research and work that was put into this conversation and I’m glad we chose this
When my name was called and I walked across that stage and received my diploma, it was the proudest moment of my life. It’s crazy to think about all the students that were not able to have the same experience as we did.
Whitney - Yes, for example all the students that either failed or dropped out. In my experience, my class started freshman year with more than 250 students but only a little more than 160 students did graduate.
Jordyn - Yes, actually the other day I read something about that on The Huffington Post, it said something like “While high school dropout percentages in the U.S. are much lower today than they were a few decades ago, there is still a lot of room for improvement. Students from low-income families are 2.4 times more likely to drop out than middle-income kids, and over 10 times more likely than high-income peers to drop out.”
Whitney - Oh really? Well once I think about it, the town I grew up in is more on the line of middle and lower class income. Sad to think about all those students not being able to go to college with us, and experience college life. But why should I care about that, the income …show more content…
I felt that once I completed our research I connected more with the topic than what I thought I would have. I especially related well with low-income student part as I have personally struggled with that myself. I assumed beforehand that fewer low-income students graduate from high school and go on to college than their peers, but the statistics were a little more staggering than I would have imagined. I also found it very interesting the statistics of people who didn’t graduate from high school and the economic and social consequences of that decision. Overall, I am satisfied with the research and work that was put into this conversation and I’m glad we chose this