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    North Carolina the age requirement for a student to drop out is 16. A rule that has ruined the students of NC by allowing them to take a life impacting decision. The age for dropping out should be removed to make all students at least finish high school or get a GED. In a world where most jobs require at least a high school diploma or an equivalent‚ the government should make kids finish high school. While back in the day it would not impact a student if they finish high school because they were

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    prevalence of high school drop outs is increasing alarmingly. This is the government concern because today statistics show that there is high rate of high school drop out all over the United States. Because of this the US government is finding ways to avoid this threatening situation to get worse. High school drop outs are not a very good sign for their country’s future. Increase of drop out would mean an increase in rate of people who are not fit to jobs which require graduation gown cap. High school

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    High School Dropouts and the Social Structure Thesis Statement: " I believe that dropping out of school is the direct result of strain caused by the economic/political institutions that are within the social structure". Introduction: The Social Structure is the housing for the social institutions: Politics‚ Economics‚ Mass Media‚ Groups/Organizations‚ Family‚ Education and Religion. What I plan to discuss in this research project is how economic and political institutions contribute

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    met a 30-year-old man named Omar from New York; he was a high school dropout. He worked as a trash man trying to pay child support for his nine-year-old son. He told me his one regret was not finishing high school and getting his diploma and how his life would have been so much easier and how many more opportunities he would have had if he had done so. According to CNN‚ nearly 6.2 million students in the United States dropped out of high school between 2000 and 2007. To make matters worse‚ the U.S.

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    When one out of three students fails to graduate in the nation‚ there has to be a main issue‚ a source of frustration or maybe hopelessness‚ causing students to give up on their educations when they had an opportunity to go further. When people feel that there is no hope or chance‚ they will give up. This is what is happening to high-school students leading them to drop-out of school despite the fact that a high-school diploma could be so beneficial to their lives and the fact that it can be prevented

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    of driving for one’s child instead of letting them make their own decision to drive when 18. Motor vehicles are or should be considered a deadly weapon considering all the deaths a motor vehicle can have. According to The U.S. Department of Transportation‚ motor vehicle traffic crashes were the number one leading cause of death for young teens in 2010. The driving age should be raised to 18 because at the age of 16 the brain has not fully developed‚ young teens tend to be impulsive‚ and it would be

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    older kids to get the driver license at the age of 16? Maybe they do it because they have not really focus that all types of crashing accidents teenagers are the more involve than any older people. Alcohol and No Seat belt are the factors more mentioned in all car accidents. For the fallowing reasons‚ the driving age should be raised to 18‚ Safety and financial problems will get better. The first reason should be because financi the driving be raised to 18 years old is because teenagers have more

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    Rates Are Increasing Many young adults view high school as a new territory with more advanced classes‚ more students‚ but other students only view the negative side of high school ‚ rather than the positive. What most young adults do not understand is that when they choose to dropout of their high school‚ it is only stealing valuable knowledge from them. It is obvious that the high school drop out rate is increasing rapidly. Why might the rate of high school students be increasing‚ and why do students

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    Dropping out is a critical phenomenon which has many negative effects on society and economy of countries. It is defined as leaving school due to several reasons. In this essay I will mention some factors which give the student’s life a push in the wrong direction. To begin with‚ there are many personal reasons to drop out from school. Parents play a significant role in this issue. Child’s life depends directly on his family environment‚ on one hand‚ ongoing parental dispute or divorce turns the

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    why I believe you should be 18 to drive a car or a motor vehicle. Drivers under the age of 18 shouldn’t be driving. There are many reasons why the driving age should be raised. In 2009 drivers aged 15-24 were involved in 112 fatal traffic crashes. 755 were serious injury crashes. 15-23 year old drivers were at fault for 1.3 billion dollars. Teens are more likely to take risk with their friends looking on. Some teens have the emotional maturity of an adult twice his or her age. Drivers 15-24 who

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