Essay On High School Dropout

I am writing a essay on high School dropouts compared to high school graduates. My purpose of writing my essay on high school dropout’s vs. high school graduates. Is to tell students there’s no point of giving up and dropping out of high school because just with a high school diploma you can get a decent job to take care of your family. Also my purpose of this essay is to tell students it’s going to be hard in life to take of yourself and family. I feel there’s no point of dropping out of school period because you’re not going to get far. So this is my essay on high school dropouts vs. high school graduates.

Why do people dropout of high school? There are many reason why people dropout of school. One reason why students dropout is because of something that happens outside of school—they become pregnant, get arrested or have to work to support members of their family. Also students drop out because students who have generally been promoted on time from grade to grade and may even have above grade level skills but at some point become frustrated or bored and stop seeing a reason for coming to school. Once they reach the legal dropout age they leave, convinced that they can find their way without a high school diploma or that a GED will serve them just as well. Also why students dropout is that students who are perceived to be difficult, dangerous or detrimental to the success of the school and are subtly or not so subtly encouraged to withdrawal from the school, transfer to another school, or are simply dropped from the rolls if they fail too many courses or miss too many days of school and are past (or in some cases not even past) the legal dropout age. My last reason why students dropout is students who fail to succeed in s...

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Among dropouts 30% pregnancy or parenthood as a key reason they left school. According to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, only 51 percent of teen moms earn a high school diploma compared to 89 percent of female students who did not give birth as a teen. The picture is even worse for the youngest mothers: just 38 percent of teen girls who have a child before they turn 18 have a high school diploma. For these teens, the task of balancing their education and a baby proved impossible.

But there are reason why teenage pregnant girls dropout of school. One reason why they dropout is because they don’t have support from their family or friends. Or another reason is they have to support their baby. And my last reason is why teenage pregnant girls dropout because financially they have to support their child.