Why We Should Be Required To Stay In School

The president of the United States encouraged and called on the states to require students to stay in school until age 18 or graduation.In the newapaper article President Pushes States to Raise Dropout Age by Mia Lewis its states “When students dont walk away from their education,more of them walk the stage to get their diploma,”the President pointed out.” Students should be required to stay in school until 18 or graduation.No matter the reason students need their education and the main reasons they should be required to stay in school until the age of 18 are to not have a bad impact on their adult life,the income the students will receive in later life because of the diploma the students will recieve for graduating,and finally because drop out age is 17 or 18 in some states.

To start off with,the students who drop out are more likely to have a bad impact on their adult life resulting in low earnings and less jobs opportunities than someone with a diploma who did graduate and didn’t drop out .On the radio interview Paul Moran Talks with Missy Remiss on WSCH Missy Remiss replies to Paul Moran’s by saying “Those without a high school diploma have lower earnings,higher unemployment ,lower job satisfaction--they even have a higher likelihood of ending up in jail or on public assistance.So,it really is a bad deal for kids.” The students should not have to worry about the going to jail or lower earnings if the students are required to stay in school until graduation or the age of 18 to decrease the chances of the students ending up with bad impacts on their adult life.
Another reason is that if the students stay in school until the age 18 they have a more chance in getting a better income than a student who dropped out. In the data analysis provided by the Department of Education a high school dropout will be likely to get $19,540 and a student who has graduated and has high school diploma will get $27,380.The income difference is different and more beneficial in the adult life.
Reminding citizens that education is important for students no matter the reason they would want to drop out because education will help them in their life.States are also trying to decrease the rate of dropping out.This will decrease students from dropping out of school often.In the radio interview Paul Moran Talks with Missy Remiss on WSCH it states “21 states plus the District of Columbia already have laws requiring students to stay in school until they are 18 or they graduate,”.The states have already tooken action and are requring that students stay in school so that there are fewer dropouts.
Even though education is important,gives you benefits later in life students should not be required to stay in school until age 18.In the letter written from Marissa sent to her grandma Ella its states “I know how important it is to get my education.I plan to get myself settled in this job,and then start to work on my GED.”. This shows that she understands how important to stay in school is and that she will work on getting her GED.Even though she is still willing to work on her GED she will be falling back on school which is not good.
In the end,Students should be required to stay in school until age 18 because it will benefit the students life,income of money and decrease dropout rates.