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    Drop Out of School Today many young people do not realize the importance of an education so dropping out of school becomes an option. They just easily end up dropping from school without thinking about their future. They are thinking that their parents will support their financial daily lives‚ thus they do not feel worried about continuing their education. Moreover‚ there are several reasons that make young people decide to drop out of school some of which are getting poor grades‚ not getting along

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    Should students be able to drop out of school without of parental consent at age 16? Students should not be able to drop out of high school with ought parental consent at age 16. Dropouts are more likely to be unemployed‚ have poor health‚ live in poverty‚ and are single parents. People who do not earn a high school diploma face many more problems later in life than people who graduate and receive their diploma. GED stands for General Education Development. It is a large test that is a made

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    Raising the Drop Out Age

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    Persuasive Paper Raising the Drop Out Age Students at the age of 16 are too young to make life changing decisions about their education. In the United States almost every state complies with the age limit of 16 for a student to be able to decide as to whether they would want to continue their education. The age requirement to be able to make this decision should be raised to 18 because education is important‚ 16 is not a mature age to make such a decision‚ and it keeps students from giving up

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    without a high school diploma only get paid an average of 19‚540 dollars a year? Should students stay in school until they’re 18? People without a high school diploma have a lower income. Students who drop out of high school early have a more likelihood of becoming in jail. Some say students should help their families‚ but when those people grow up‚ you will be in the same situation. Students should stay in school until the age of 18. One reason people should stay in school until they’re 18 is because

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    My Intellectual Perseverance at this point of this semester is a 5 out of a ten half the time I want to give up‚ curl into a ball‚ and hide from the world and the other half of the time I want to face my challenges head on. I wanted to drop out like I wanted to do in the fall. I didn’t like school much to begin with. But I like to be mentally simulated‚ learning new things has always been my thing. Sitting in a classroom for the next four years to me sounds dreading. I wasn’t ready to dive back in

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    The people that get into most car crashes are teens. Fifteen to eighteen year-olds die because of drunk driving. Should the driving age be raised to eighteen? Well in my opinion‚ no. That wont help them grow there learning ability about driving. Even though there are mostly teen car accidents in a year. Do teens need graduated licenses? Well in my opinion yes and no. I said yes because there are a lot of teen car crashes and think they need a graduating license because they will need to earn it

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    11/24/12 WR 121 Causes of the High School Drop Out Rate As of 2011‚ in the United states today a teen drops out of high school every 26 seconds‚ this means over 7‚000 teens drop out every day and 1.2 million drop out every year.(2) This is a problem because without a high school degree it becomes very hard to get a good job and have a quality life. The causes of the high school dropout rate can be attributed to the use of recreational drugs‚ bullying‚ depression‚ and not being motivated or inspired

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    causes of high school drop out rates Purpose: To allow people to better understand why the high school drop out rate is such a large issue in the u.s. Thesis: High school drop out‚ we’ve all heard about it but what do you really know about it? From teen pregnancies to financial problems to really just not caring. I. Introduction Attention Material: unemployed in prison living in poverty receiving government assistance less healthy divorced single parents Thesis Statement: High school

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    Driving age 18 Why should the legal driving age not be eighteen? I believe that the driving age should be raised to eighteen. Some teens have no reason to be driving‚ some have a lack of experience‚ and most of them are not even mature yet. Also‚ teens get into more car accidents than anyone in a different age. First or all‚ teens have no reason to be driving‚ some have nowhere to go. When teenagers become eighteen they probably might have a job or they will probably be buying groceries or supplies

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    Imagine a sixteen year old who wants to help his family but he can’t drive to work because the legal driving age is eighteen and work is too far away to walk to. The legal age for driving should not be raised to eighteen because teenagers need to have autonomy‚ driving at sixteen can teach responsibility‚ and also transportation issues will arise. First‚ the driving age should stay at the age sixteen because teenagers need to learn autonomy. While driving they will learn to be more responsible and

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