Composition I/CM102
Abstract
Teenagers all around the world have found it extremely difficult to stay in school for various reasons. It’s clear that if you don’t get the proper education then you won’t be able to do anything good in your life. It’s very difficult to obtain a job due to the demands for work; most jobs require you to have a high school diploma or GED equivalent. Other job that doesn’t require having the education, which is encourages children to drop out of school under the impression they are never going to have get a proper education. The ignorance of today’s society believing they are going to become the next Snooky dumb as a doorknob with no education.
Kids Dropping Out of School to Work
Unfortunately young people who fail to earn a high school diploma face a hard dilemma later on in life than those who graduate with a high school diploma. For those who drop out are more likely to be unemployed, have poor health, live in poverty, and become dependent on public assistance or never live up to their own dreams of success. Young adolescence tend not to realize that school can actually take you far, and can open many opportunities to a good career. In this economy it has been difficult the last couple of years, people who have good paying jobs are getting fired. …show more content…
National data show that students from low-income families are 2.4 times more likely to drop out of school than are children from middle-income families, and 10.5 times more likely than students from high-income families (Background on High School Dropouts). Students who have disabilities are also more likely to drop out. The National Transition Study estimates that as many as 36.4% of disabled youth drop out of school before completing a diploma or certificate (Background on High School