High School Dropouts
High School Drop-outs
Dropping out of high school is an issue faced by too many teens today. It comes from a few common causes. The first reason kids drop out is often a lack of involvement in extra-curricular activities. Another reason kids drop out revolves around the parents not being forceful in demanding that their children commit to staying in school. A third reason kids drop out is the lack of effort shown by students in their classes.
Teenagers lose interest in school way too easy and way too often. When students are not successful with their studies there morale and desire fall in their commitment to school. When they feel negatively about school they generally are less interested in extra-curricular activities (Weiss). Being involved in school can be the difference in passing your classes or failing your classes. It is not just the child 's job to get involved in school it is also the parent 's job. Parents need to help there child get involved in clubs, sports, Etc. Parents also need to be involved in PTA and what other parental activities.
Parents must force upon their children the importance of staying in school and that dropping-out is drastic change to their future. Sometimes teens drop-out because there is no fear instilled into them by their parents (Weiss). Many teens have no parental supervision. So many teenagers and parents have a lack of communication skills between them. This lack of communication can result in lack of involvement in school. Parents are a very essential key in how far their child 's education will go. Here are some of the figures that must be brought to attention if anything about is ever going to be done about this problem.
Five out of every 100 young adults enrolled in high school in October 1999 left school before October 2000 without successfully completing a high school program. The percentage of young adults who left school each year without successfully completing a high school program decreased from 1972
Dropping out of high school is an issue faced by too many teens today. It comes from a few common causes. The first reason kids drop out is often a lack of involvement in extra-curricular activities. Another reason kids drop out revolves around the parents not being forceful in demanding that their children commit to staying in school. A third reason kids drop out is the lack of effort shown by students in their classes.
Teenagers lose interest in school way too easy and way too often. When students are not successful with their studies there morale and desire fall in their commitment to school. When they feel negatively about school they generally are less interested in extra-curricular activities (Weiss). Being involved in school can be the difference in passing your classes or failing your classes. It is not just the child 's job to get involved in school it is also the parent 's job. Parents need to help there child get involved in clubs, sports, Etc. Parents also need to be involved in PTA and what other parental activities.
Parents must force upon their children the importance of staying in school and that dropping-out is drastic change to their future. Sometimes teens drop-out because there is no fear instilled into them by their parents (Weiss). Many teens have no parental supervision. So many teenagers and parents have a lack of communication skills between them. This lack of communication can result in lack of involvement in school. Parents are a very essential key in how far their child 's education will go. Here are some of the figures that must be brought to attention if anything about is ever going to be done about this problem.
Five out of every 100 young adults enrolled in high school in October 1999 left school before October 2000 without successfully completing a high school program. The percentage of young adults who left school each year without successfully completing a high school program decreased from 1972
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