The True Cost Of Dropping Out Of High School

If I told you that you were able to make the decision of dropping out, or staying in school, what choice would you make? Hopefully, you would make the right decision and stay in school because unfortunately, young people who don't complete high school face many more problems in later life than those who do complete school and graduate. Students dropout for many reasons, some which may have seemed good at the time. Maybe they needed to help out and support their families, or maybe they were getting ready to start a new one. Perhaps school was just too overwhelming for them. Whatever the reason may be, the consequences of leaving school are extent, and unrewarding. Therefore students should not be allowed to drop out before they turn 18 years old. 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.
(http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/education/dropout-nation/by-the-numbers-dropping-out-of-high-school/)

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With making the unintelligent decision of dropping out of school comes obstacles, and dilemma. Students should absolutely not be allowed to
Levin and Cecilia E. Rouse, two authors and professors of economics state, “High school completion is, of course, the most significant requirement for entering college. While our economic competitors are rapidly increasing graduation rates at both levels, we continue to fall behind. Educated workers are the basis of economic growth.” In other words completing both high school, and college is critical. Not only will completing school greatly benefit you, but it will benefit the US’ economic growth. It doesn’t stop there though. Economic growth is an increase in the amount of goods and services produced per head of a population over a period of time. The idea of dropping out of school doesn’t affect just one individual. It affects