Effects Of Student Dropout

A student dropout is an increasing problem that affects students and the community. In order to improve the problem school officials need to provide counseling and additional tutors.

There are several characteristics on a student who tends to drop out of school. Some of the characteristics of a student who tends to dropout may be absenteeism. According to Mrs. Hernandez “Students who have poor attendance for reasons other than illness are also more likely to drop out due to a lack of effort or motivation, Prior Academic Factors” (Hernandez, 4) in my opinion this in turn, leads to low self-esteem and increases the likelihood that at-risk students will drop out of school.

At-risk students share multifaceted issues that result in them ultimately

I also believe that dropping out is not a single impulsive decision a number of complex factors, coupled with a long process of detachment from school, often affect their decision. Caroline states that said “at-risk students have difficulties navigating through their life in order to succeed”(Caroline,2) which explains that if he/she is currently having problems they will just encounter more without education, it won’t just get easier . Further explained Dalee Chambers informs that “dropping out signifies a final act of disengagement from school” (Chambers, 4). According to the National Center for Education, “in 2001 the dropout rate was approximately, 10.7 percent for people between the ages of 16 to 24 due to attendance. Studies showed that dropout rates were higher for people in the 10th grade, due to the fact that children over the age of 16 were no longer required to stay in school or prior academic factors”(National center for education,2). In my opinion the percentages will just keep rising

Mentors help kids understand and communicate their feelings, relate to their peers, develop relationships with other adults and stay in school. But of course like any other solutions there will always be advantages and disadvantages. For example one advantage for the youth mentoring programs is that students will always have someone they can run to, whether it is for emotional, problem or even special moments that they feel sharing with someone other than parents, because lets be real sometimes teenagers don’t always feel like talking about some of the things they do or feel to parents because of what they might think or react. Another advantage is that those students will never be alone and always will be helped. One disadvantage is that not all students will accept this type of mentoring programs because they will belief that it is only for people that have serious problems or people with disabilities. Which it really isn’t, but how they say “you can bring a bowl of water to a pet but you can’t make him drink it”. That phrase relates to this solution because there’s help being offered but you cannot make a student attend there’s only some much the mentoring programs can do to try and