High School Dropouts: Cause and Prevention
High School Dropouts Outline
Thesis Statement: More and more students drop out each year. Those who dropped out have various reasons. The alarming rates of drop outs have led them to a bleak future wherein such incident requires the attention and immediate action of various school authorities.
a. Major factors for leaving school
Was not motivated or inspired
Classes were not interesting
Missed too many days and could not catch up
Spent time with people who were not interested in school
Had too much freedom and not enough rules in life
Was Failing in School
b. Characteristics of students who dropped out
Socio-economic background
Disabilities
Race-ethnicities
Academic factors
Absenteeism
Occupational aspirations
Predictive factors o Grade retention o Poor academic performance o Moves during high school o High absenteeism o Misbehavior o Feeling of students that no adults care his or her welfare
b. Consequences of dropping out of school
Earning potential which led to dropouts the possibility to lead a bleak future due to the possibility of them to have less chance for job employment. And when they did find job, they will have to suffer life on low-paying occupations as well as offering little opportunity for upward mobility. Dropping out and severely impairing a young person's job prospects and earnings potential, in turn, causes other secondary, indirect problems:
reliance on public assistance
become single parents
possibility to land in jail or prison
c. What dropouts believe could improve student's chances
Opportunities for real-world learning (internships, service learning, etc.) to make classroom relevant
Better teacher who keep classes interesting
Smaller classes with more individual instruction
Better communication between parents and school
Parents make sure their kids go to school everyday
Increase supervision at school
Concluding Statement:
Thesis Statement: More and more students drop out each year. Those who dropped out have various reasons. The alarming rates of drop outs have led them to a bleak future wherein such incident requires the attention and immediate action of various school authorities.
a. Major factors for leaving school
Was not motivated or inspired
Classes were not interesting
Missed too many days and could not catch up
Spent time with people who were not interested in school
Had too much freedom and not enough rules in life
Was Failing in School
b. Characteristics of students who dropped out
Socio-economic background
Disabilities
Race-ethnicities
Academic factors
Absenteeism
Occupational aspirations
Predictive factors o Grade retention o Poor academic performance o Moves during high school o High absenteeism o Misbehavior o Feeling of students that no adults care his or her welfare
b. Consequences of dropping out of school
Earning potential which led to dropouts the possibility to lead a bleak future due to the possibility of them to have less chance for job employment. And when they did find job, they will have to suffer life on low-paying occupations as well as offering little opportunity for upward mobility. Dropping out and severely impairing a young person's job prospects and earnings potential, in turn, causes other secondary, indirect problems:
reliance on public assistance
become single parents
possibility to land in jail or prison
c. What dropouts believe could improve student's chances
Opportunities for real-world learning (internships, service learning, etc.) to make classroom relevant
Better teacher who keep classes interesting
Smaller classes with more individual instruction
Better communication between parents and school
Parents make sure their kids go to school everyday
Increase supervision at school
Concluding Statement:
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