Milestone 2: Thesis and Outline

MILESTONE 2

Most teens feel they don’t need a high school diploma for their future; the truth is a high school diploma gives them a future of possibilities instead of limitations. Our society has found it necessary we place a minimum education level on the population and that level in the United States is a high school diploma, or equivalent. A high school diploma is required for the military, employers and most training schools.
1.Parents need to talk with their teens and find their concerns they may have about school.
We as parents need to have and use soft tone while speaking with our teens to not cause a power struggle with them. If we address the problem early we then can encourage our teens to continue in school and graduate. Often time it is one or two problems they may have that gets worse, because it has not been address. We get caught up with our everyday life and forget to get involve with our teens and things get tossed by the waste side. If there are other problems, such as depression, school violence, disabilities and disorders, drug use, these things can prevent teens from wanting to do their best in school. We need to look for other resources.
Counselors of eight graders preparing for high school should emphasize the importance of doing their best in high school and why. Most teens don’t have a clear idea of the variety of jobs there are in the real world. Some don’t know what their parent’s do on their job. Counselors and parents should be involved in the classes teens chose in their first year of high school. Counselors and parents need to express to high school ninth grade students the need to be firmly grounded in classes like English, math, science, and social studies. Nevada state legislated counselors are required to sit with parents and freshman students to map out their course selections for high school.
And yes, there should be a program put in place for teens that want to drop out of school.
When high school counselors sit down with high school students at any time, they should find out at that time, how that student is doing academically. One can visual the student and hear the teenager for any complaints or concerns. Most teens need that one on one with an adult, because it is at this time most teens clam up to adults, they don’t want to be a snitch or be out of realm of their peers.
If our guidance counselors in high school were required to asses all high school students each year from ninth grade to the twelve grade as to where they are in their interest in career, we could then see where and when they lost interest in school. We as parents would be better in getting the proper help that is required whether it be, medical, bullying, gangs, or depression. If we face the issue early with our teens we can get the help that is needed and begin and continue encouraging our teens to finish and graduate high school.
The U.S department of education now releases high school graduation rates state by state.
First ever list that details four year high school graduation rates, this information will help states to support and encourage more students to graduate on time. This measure could hold schools accountable and ensure graduation. Thus far Iowa has the highest rate of 88%, Wisconsin and Vermont are sharing the rate of second highest at 87%. Tennessee, Texas, New Hampshire, Nebraska, is about the top nine states with 86% rate of graduation. Demographic Asians rates were the top at 79%, Blacks at 60%, with Latinos students’ rate at 58%, White students followed at a rate of 76%.
Today, parents need to continue talking to their teens and encouraging them to complete and graduate high school, teens should know the hardest thing is not have a high school diploma. It is the next step of your success, Parents and high school guidance counselors can play an effective role in our teens graduating. U.S Department of education is now watching and concern with the number of students that are graduating high school from state to state and holding our school for the accountability of students graduating and the effective of teaching community.

Reference: www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11
Teaching.monster.com/counselors/articles