Should Students Drop Out Essay

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Students shouldn’t be allowed to drop out before they turn 18 (Schragel). Most students that drops out of school before they turn 18 are mostly troubled students. They have no interests in graduating and acts like a clown so that everyone else could suffer right along with them. The students themselves make wrong decisions. They get into situations they can’t get themselves out of and don’t know how to deal with them. They have no one to turn to after they burn so many bridges , so therefore dropping out maybe what they want to do in order to forget about everything altogether. Honestly I don’t think Students under 18 should have a choice in dropping out because its not going to lead them anywhere they want to be. No one should be able to drop out , they will need their education.
They get involved with gangs, alcohol/drugs, get pregnant and even commit crimes (Schragel). Students get themselves into so much that they never have time to focus on school or maybe even just actually don’t care for school. The get drunk all the time and get high all the time and become brain damaged and forget who they are and what they’re living for. Most get pregnant and start feeling as if they don’t want to go to school anymore so that can take care of their baby. Or maybe they don’t have anyone to help them take care of the baby so they feel like they have no choice but to drop out. Minors also hang out with with the “cool” crowd at school and dealing with drugs and commiting crimes left to right. Some have undergone major illnesses and have missed too many days of school and have been informed that they will be held back (Schragel).
The family they come from could also have a huge part to do with youngsters dropping out before their time (Sch...

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