Estimates say that 1.2 million students annually drop out of high school in the United States. This is a shocking number. So what are the reasons that lead to dropping out of school? And how it effects their life? Some may blame the students themselves, others say that it is because there is no support from the family and blame financial problems.
There are many reasons for a student to drop out of school, some students drop school due to a family emergency, or to go work to make a living for his family. Financial trouble is an important part of school students who are not able to pay the fees of school will drop out of school to go find a job to pay for it.
Secondly, dropping out of school can happen because there is no family support for the choice the student made regarding the university or major, students under this tension may quit and drop out of school. Students themselves can be the cause, if they are weak in personality or spoiled and are not willing to pay an effort in their study will quit at the beginning of the first trouble the face. Poor grades also force students to complete high school.
Dropping out of school has many serious consequences. These consequences are mentioned in a report on education by Civic Enterprises. It says that dropping out of school is like a silent epidemic. The long term effects are more dangerous than the short term results. Socially student will feel like losers, and lose his respect of their family and friends. Economically, they will only take small job opportunity; their salary will not be enough for them. The report by civic suggest that “Students who drop out of school in the United States are more likely to be unemployed, homeless, receiving welfare and incarcerated” another study in San Francisco found that 94 percent of young murder victims were high school dropouts.
In a few words, dropping out of school is not the wisest decision any young person can make even if they are forced to do it.