Dropping Out and Signing Up Should high school dropouts be able to get away with leaving school unfinished, missing out on very important years of their young lives? They can, but they should help out their country in another way, since academics didn’t work out for them. Dropouts should be required to join the U.S military, in hopes that they shape-up, and act like a soldier. Joining the military is the only reason to drop out of school. A lot of kids HAVE to dropout of high school, to support their family financially, but the military pays well, and it all depends on your role in it. “ Every year, over 1.2 million kids do not finish high school. That is one kid every 26 seconds, or 7,000 a day.”(11 Facts About High School Dropout Rates).”
