High School Dropouts That wont be you, will it?

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High School Dropouts That wont be you, will it?

Did you know? Graduate!!! Dropout!!! That 1 in every 3 high school students drop out. For every 15 kids 5 of them drop out Graduate!!! Dropout!!!

Money Made High school graduates make on average $9,245 more per year that drop outs In 50 years that’s $462,250 Money that you could make!!! Instead its all thrown away!!

Factors affecting drop outs School is unfavorable Discipline is loose Drugs and Alcohol Academically inferior Family conflict Feel socially incompetent

Jail It is estimated that 45% of the students who drop out of school will go to jail That’s almost half! In 1997 a study found that 47% of drug dealers in prison were high school dropouts

In those Jails… A study in 2003 showed: 75% of state inmates were high school dropouts 60% of federal inmates were high school dropouts 70% of all inmates were high school dropouts

Percent of Out-of-School 16-24 Year Olds Who Worked At Some Point in 2007 and Their 2007 Mean Annual Earnings Educational Attainment Percent Who Worked Mean Annual Earnings High School Dropout 60.4 $8358 High School Graduate 79 $14601 1-3 Years of College 87.7 $18283 Bachelor’s or Higher Degree 89.4 $24797 All 78.4 $15149

What skills do they have? 70 percent of all high school dropouts in jail have an equivalent of a 4th grade reading level These books have a 4th grade reading level

What have we learned? Dropping out does not make life any easier…. It only becomes harder It increases your chances of winding up in jail Its not fun!!! You wont make the money you could be making!!! So stay in school