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Dropping Out Of High School Should Be Illegal
If you drop pout its gonna effect you and you future.
 hiddensc  08 Feb 2008 16:45
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I think it should be illegal because at 16 you don't really know what you want out of life yet.
 
 Katie92  16 Apr 2008 02:47
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 It's a good point you have here but then again if you think you're ready to drop out of high school then you think you know what life has in the future for you.or you think that what ever it is you want to do has nothing to do with high school .

second point :
what about those students who are graduating at the age of seventeen ,just because they are graduating [young] that doesn't mean that they know what they want out of life. does that make them any different to the kids who dropped out at the age of 16?
by  mzysn
 11 May 2008 23:02
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In the modern period of globalization the percentage of literacy is very notably increased over the last ten years, but side by side we also find the record of dropping out of students from schools. Actually education has an affinity with earning livelihood. We learn something or get educated because of we have to be self depended. In that point education stands as helping hand to us. The students who generally drop out from schools, they do not have any faith of education. But basic education is essential for every one of us. It is not that it always serves our livelihood; rather it assures us to be not cheated by anyone. If we convicted dropping out students, and make primary education essential by law, we must able to increase percentage of literacy as well as able to gather more and more people under the umbrella of education.
 
 sudipa  15 Apr 2008 11:58
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Dropping out of high school will get you nowhere. There is not a decent job out there for a high school drop out. The law should step in and enforce graduating. Teenagers are emotional roller coasters and have no idea what is best for them at this point in their lives. If their parents cannot step up and make them stay and see the point in graduating, then the law should.
 
 demo  31 Mar 2008 02:55
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Yes-every body should have to be able to get a good job.
 
 huntcowboy  07 Mar 2008 02:39
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I definitely agree that dropping out of school should be illegal. Many students drop out of school because they are failing. Many of these failing students fail because they are not putting forth much effort. If they cannot pass something as basic as school, they will surely fail in life. Once they drop out, they will never have a chance for a good future. They are setting themselves for a lifetime of struggle. Every human being should be forced to get an education. Nothing good ever comes out of dropping out of school. Therefore, I believe that dropping out of school should be illegal.
 
 Professor  10 Feb 2008 12:01
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Yes because many kids drop out of school because they need to learn to get good jobs
 
 zanith11  08 Feb 2008 19:18
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I believe that if your offered a full education that you should be able to take it and finish it all and not give up.
 
 hiddensc  08 Feb 2008 16:46
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Why keep um there they do not want to learn. So let them go. If they stay they are not learning anything so what is the point.
 
 bass  06 Nov 2009 04:12
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Making it illegal dosent stop them from skipping, ticking dosent matter to them. So why not let them drop out so those who want to sta and learn can do just that
 
 toni  01 Nov 2009 14:24
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OK when you are 18 you can why do you care is it your life
 
 Amber2015  02 Feb 2009 06:13
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Once again, i don't want to be in a class with a bunch of 20 year old pot-heads!!!
 
 im_trumpet  28 Apr 2008 13:11
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 Are you speaking on the behalf of under 20's then?
by  helenbobby
 22 May 2008 20:42
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It is a bad choice, but some people are not as successful as others. If people are struggling a lot and have trouble, they have the right to give up, but maybe they should join the military to get benefits that will be useful later in life.
 
 JoeCool  05 Apr 2008 04:10
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No dropping out like many other things in life is a right... They will live with that consequence for a while... I actually knew someone who dropped out and now makes more money than me...
 
 DevilKat  27 Mar 2008 16:07
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Well i disagree if you drop out of school you will have to live with the consequences and the person who dropped out of hs might learn something about there foolish choice
 
 vgking13  02 Mar 2008 02:52
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Give them the option to make a mistake (which it sometimes is not). No one should force another to make a wise decision by staying in high school, although a parent may have the right.
 
 Stranger  20 Feb 2008 21:26
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It is very good to stay in high school. But, Bill Gates dropped out of High School and look at him.
 
 -125_  11 Feb 2008 23:28
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What if someone can no longer afford to pay for school? Often people are faced with such situations when they have to give up their education in order to support their family. What the government or the school administration can do is that they can start a counseling and help service which will run an enquiry as to why a student wants to drop out and then provide them with professional or monetary help whichever they are in a need of. Support at this level will discourage students from dropping out of school and provide them with the proper circumstances to complete their education.
 
 Twilight  09 Feb 2008 20:35
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I certainly wouldn't make it illegal, but I would make sure there was a consequence for doing so. If you drop out, you cannot receive welfare benefits until you reach the age of 18, period. You can either be responsible and stay in school or you can make your own way in the world. Take your pick.
 
 Cephus  08 Feb 2008 22:15
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Definitely against this. There are circumstances where getting an education is not as important. Now i for one am totally for education and higher education--but who am i to say what is right for everyone else? If they rather serve our country in the military, or work in a factory--sure that's "affecting their future" but its their future. Therefore, they should have the right to decide if they want to be educated. Life intervenes and the government shouldn't be able to force someone. I think the 16 limit is appropriate, but if something bad happens at 15--then so be it
 
 rmc031  08 Feb 2008 21:59
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No, because if someone wants to drop out of high school for a good reason they shouldn't be told what to do. Because it's their choice not the government's choice
 
 Emma64  08 Feb 2008 21:20
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