Sylvia HernandezEnglish 3- 7th Period

HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS

• 3,030,000 students drop out each year here in the United States.

• 8,300 high school students drop out EACH DAY!

DROPOUT STATISTICS

ISOLATION FROM FORMER CLASSMATES

Students who dropout of high school don’t get to make a lot of memories like a normal high school student. For instance, they don’t get to attend their senior prom, or football pep rallies. Prom only comes once, and you miss it it’s gone forever.

High school dropouts who decide to get their GED diploma have less chances of getting a good career than those with a high school diploma. The only colleges that might look into dropouts are community colleges. Universities like UT Austin or Baylor will not even bother into looking at their transcript. If a student does get accepted into college, he or she has to take their ACT or SAT. some colleges may require for the students to take placement or achievement tests so they can determine whether he or she needs additional coursework.

COLLEGES WILL NOT LOOK INTO STUDENTS WITH A

GED DIPLOMA

DROPOUTS VS. CRIME

Statistics say that male students who dropout of high school are more likely to go to jail. One in every 10 male high school students dropouts is in jail or juvenile detention. African Americans have the highest male dropouts in jail with one in four dropouts.

UNEMPLOYMENT

In the article High School vs. Unemployment, in August 2011, high school dropouts had an unemployment rate of 14.3%. The rate of unemployment for high school dropouts has always been higher than graduates. In 2010, the unemployment rate for dropouts was about 7% more than for graduates.

FAMILY AND HEALTH PROBLEMS

High school students sometimes struggle with a lack of family support. According to Global Post, 23 percent of adults aged 19 to 35 indicated lack of parental support as a motive from quitting school. Over 20 percent became parents themselves, which led to their decisions to drop out. Another 12 percent said they dropped out to help support their families. Mental health disorders, including depression were 15 percent of dropouts.

ACADEMIC STRUGGLES

High school students often dropout because they struggle academically and don’t think they’ll have the GPA or credits necessary to graduate. Some of the work that is suppose to be easy for students may be challenging for others. If they don’t understand the simple work, how are they expected to complete challenging work?

TEEN PREGNANCY

The main reason why girls dropout of high school is because they get pregnant. Studies show that Hispanic girls have a dropout percentage of 41 due to pregnancy. Hispanic girls have the highest percentage of teen pregnancy than any other race. Anglo Americans have the least pregnancy rate.

In order to prevent more students from dropping out high school, schools should put less stress on the students. Teachers tend to give out tons of work to students and expect them to complete it in a short amount of time. As a result, students end up dropping because they don’t get a break from teachers.

SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM