Dropout

your baby, or you just don’t even like to be at school. What you need to do is toughen up and stick through it. Your life will be so much better off if you graduate from high school. Nationally, 68 percent of state prison inmates are high school dropouts(In Text Citation). Out of the 2,418,352, there were in 2008, almost 70 percent of them dropped out of highschool. That means 1,692,846 of them didn’t graduate high school and look where they ended up. Let’s…

If community college were free what would happen? Would students take college seriously? Would students try to get good grades and graduate on time? Would students realize what a huge benefit free college would be in their future? Free college has a lot of advantages, but along with advantages comes disadvantages. First, when you receive things for free people have a tendency to take things for granite. you don’t appreciate it as much as if you had to work for it. Second, taxes will have to be…

After the unfortunate death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, the phrase “black lives matter” has become a rally cry for a new chapter in the black freedom struggle. Black lives matter because black people are persons. From slavery to the Civil Rights movement, black Americans sought to establish themselves as people. Even in the free nation we have today, prejudices and stereotypes exist. The death of Brown, is not just a killing due to being suspected of robbery, it speaks…

Every student in America must make joining a sports team one of their priority. Sports can make a students grades higher and make them a better person overall. Athletes have better grades and athletes have lower dropout rates than non-athletes. Being an athlete takes a lot of hard work and adding school to that does not make it easier than it is. The 3 p’s is always implemented when playing sports. Patience is one of the most important thing to have in the world today. If you are not patient you…

Graduating from high school is important in furthering a student's education, making higher salaries in the future possible, and giving more lifetime opportunities. Every year over twelve million students drop out of high school in the United States. Although a large number of students do graduate, the drop out rate is a serious problem. Upon entering school, students are taught that they must stay in school. Maybe it is time to teach students the high price that they may have to pay with…

Increasing dropout rates also point to the challenges of achieving educational quality in Tanzania. For instance, “figures from Tanzania’s basic education statistics (BEST) during 2010–2013 indicate that…dropout rates are as high as 44 %, meaning that those enrolment ratios may not predict the strength of the education system…” Furthermore, Mundy’s (2008) article…

Sports are one of the biggest co-curricular activities have special effects on students. The physically programs reduce the dropout rates. Morrissey (2005) describes positive youth development as encompassing five…

minimum wage is raised the need for school in the minds of many high school students will become obsolete. Dr. Henderson, professor of economics at the Naval Postgraduate School, states “With fewer jobs to go around and a greater number of dropouts, some newer dropouts take jobs from the less-educated and lower-productivity teens who had already left school” (Henderson, “Minimum Wage Will Not Reduce Poverty”). Minimum wage increases makes intro-jobs seem like career goals and undermine the want…

globally competitive” (Hosansky). Clearly with more access to community college, society as a whole will benefit. While we might see a higher enrollment rate due to free tuition, it doesn’t guarantee a higher graduation rate due to the amount of dropouts…

sports can improve academic and physical health, because those who do participate in school sports have higher scores. Athletes who participates in school sports get higher scores in math and English. It also improves your health. Also they have less dropout rates. A study shows students involved in sports are better at core classes such as math, science, social studies, and language arts. In the article “ Benefits of School Based Sports” it says, “ Over the past 20 years, many studies have…