Pictures on Dropping Out

http://duncannuggets.com/2011/12/high-school-dropout-factory.html

http://evelio27matias.wordpress.com/solutions/

http://tmc108.blogspot.com/2010/05/cause-and-effect-paragraph.html

http://9gag.com/gag/3619243

11 Facts About Dropping Out

The website Do Something listed eleven facts on Dropping Out.

http://nichcy.org/laws/idea/partb/indicators-partb/indicator2

1. 1)Every year, over 1.2 million students drop out of high school in the United States alone. That’s a student every 26 seconds – or 7,000 a day.

1. 2)More than a quarter of high school freshmen fail to graduate from high school on time.

1. 3)On average, only 58% of students in America's 50 largest cities make it to graduation.

1. 4)More than one in four Hispanic youth drop out, and nearly half leave by the eighth grade.

1. 5)Hispanics are twice as likely as African Americans to drop out. White and Asian American students are least likely to drop out.

1. 6)In the last 20 years, the earnings level of dropouts doubled, while it nearly tripled for college graduates.

1. 7)Recent dropouts will earn $200,000 less than high school graduates, and over $800,000 less than college graduates, in their lives.

1. 8)Dropouts make up nearly half the heads of households on welfare.

1. 9)In the U.S., high school dropouts commit about 75 percent of crimes.

1. 10)The dropout problem is likely to increase substantially through 2020 unless significant improvements are made.

1. 11)America’s high school graduation rate ranks 19th in the world. (Forty years ago, we were number one.)

http://www.dosomething.org

My Interview on My Social Problem: Dropping Out

In this video, I interview a friend on the current social problem that I am working on: Dropping Out.

The following questions were asked:

1) What is your opinion on the problem of dropping out?
2) Have you or any one else skipped school or dropped out before?
3) Do you have any ideas on what may cause an individual to skip school or dropout?
4) Do you have any ideas on possible solutions for this problem?
5) What advice do you have for those who have ever thought of skipping school or dropping out?