High School Dropout

Proposition Dropout As humans, our number one priority should be to try all the best that we can to live successfully on planet earth. To be successful in life, we need to be ready to educate ourselves, and to educate others around us. By doing that the first step is to go to school to learn the basic skills that you need for a life time of education. The meaning of education can be put in many ways like; it provides individuals with information in many different subjects and teaches them different styles of learning. Education unlocks the doors of high opportunities for people. Education is also a collective knowledge that a person has. Education is also a key to the development in any area of an individual’s life and to pertain all important aspects to achieve the individual’s goals and desires. Although education can give us all those things in life, there are some problems in the education system that needs to be solved. One of those problems is the high school dropout. Students’ dropping out of high school is a major problem facing America today. Many young students who dropout of high school do not receive a high school diploma and can not get The high school dropout rate is shifting a little each year, for example in the state of California, the high school dropout rate in 2007 was 21.1% and in 2008 it went down to 18.9 % which means that it is decreasing little bit, yet it is still a severe problem facing America. Each year more than 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. According to the high school dropout rate in 2008, it is shown that in California, African Americans, Hispanic/Latino, Native American/Alaska Native, and Pacific Islander students are generally likely to dropout of high school than Asian, Caucasian/White, and Filipino students. The main reason why high school students dropping out are financial problems, Home and school stability, having mental and