Why are so many people against dropping out of school?

Question

It's not like it is meant for everyone. I think the State Department of Education requires way too much bullshit for the students to learn.

Answer 1

If you have any respect for yourself and your future, you'll graduate. Even if you've already screwed up your grades and have to do an additional year, it's worth it! Do you want to work for minimum wage for the rest of your life? Do you want to join the military? (you can't do this without at least a GED) How are you planning on supporting your future wife and children? Do you want to own a nice house and car? You won't be able to afford these without an education and a good job. Try to stick with school...at least get your GED if you can't make it through school and maybe try a short trade school of some sort afterward just to increase your chances of getting a decent paying job that requires additional training outside of high school. Good Luck. :)

Answer 2

I hope you'll seriously listen to this, if youre really considering quitting school:

A high school diploma means NOTHING in America anymore. Only problem is, a GED (Good Enough Diploma) means LESS than nothing. A GED will get you into an entry level McDonalds job, but unless you plan on making a career there, why start?

I was born in 1961. By the time I was 18, 1979, it was almost mandatory to go on to college. I went here and there, took some night classes, mostly worked laborer jobs, etc. finally went into the Army for the college money, now I own my own business.

Nowadays, anyone even thinking of any kind of financial independence needs at least a BS, or a BA. In time, even that wont get you a job you'll enjoy. To do anything meaningful, you'll need a Masters Degree. There are more and more people out there, looking for fewer and fewer jobs. An employer would have to be crazy to not pick the one with the most education behind him or her. In almost any job runoff, the winner of the tie is NOT going to be the one with the GED.

You may hate school, but at least you know you'll be gone soon enough. A career lasts the rest of your life. Would you be so eager to quit school if you had to sign a statement to the effect you'll not try to use the State Welfare system or the Foodstamp program to pay for YOUR shortsightedness? Even if "school is not meant for everyone", why should everyone ELSE have to pay (and for the rest of their lives) for the ones too dull to get through it?

Answer 3

Whether it is actually detrimental to your development/ intelligence/ etc. is inconsequential. There is definitely a lot of BS in our education sytem. The truth however, is that you will not be given as many opportunities in society without completing a formal education. These days, many jobs, even some of the lower paying, expect you to have a college degree. I'd imagine you'd have it 10x harder trying to find a job that doesn't care if graduated high school. Unless you want a job that will pay very little and probably not be very enjoyable. I'm sure it's possible, but you need to play your odds on this one. Your school years will be over before you know it. Get it over with, get your diploma at the very least. You don't want to look back as an older (wiser) adult and regret digging yourself into a hole. Judging by the fact that your grammar is 100x better than what I usually see on this website, you're probably not an idiot, and shouldn't have people label you as such just because you didn't graduate. You can't change society- you can only work within its confines.

Answer 4

Well, you actually formed your question better than 90% of the people here and spelled every word correctly as well. You might be one of those people who really doesn't need to stay in school for your edification. The problem is, the fellow hiring you is probably not smart enough to think outside of the box and be willing to hire you based on your merits. He's going to look at the fact that you're a dropout and prejudge your ability to do the work based on someone elses criterion because he doesn't think for himself. Even if you can get a job now - getting a good job, one with a future and more importantly, one that will challenge you so that you can actually hang with it for 40+ years, theres where your trouble is going to lie. Stick it out.

Answer 5

It is required to have an education in order to get a good paying job in this country.
No education , no good money.
You'll always have a substandard paying job with no education.
The young don't see it. But life has a way of beating it into you.
In order to live well you need money in this society. It is the rules. I didn't make the rules but the rules are made. You will live by them. Or you will live in poverty by them. In either case you are subject to the rules.
It appears as bull ****. And maybe it is in some cases.
However, the rules of what you will be subjected to learn are made. You again are subjected to rules.
Rules, rules, that is what it is all about my boy.

Answer 6

I am against it because I saw what it did to my son. No one would hire him because there is no respect for a dropout. He hung out with losers who were all dropouts. He eventually landed in jail for a short time and learned he didn't like it so he got his GED and is finally on his way back on track, he is 20 now. It took him 4 years of being an idiot to figure it out. He could have finished high school in just 2 of those years and saved himself a lot of grief.

But I do agree that there is a lot of crap that students have to learn, while there is not enough emphasis on teaching them a skill that will put them in the real work world when they graduate, because like you said, a lot of schooling is not for everyone and not everyone will go to college and get degrees.

Answer 7

You need to go visit the local employment agency and pursue the list of jobs that require no high school education. Get one of those next summer and decide after working at it for three months whether or not you want to drop out.

Answer 8

So many people are against dropping out of school because of the high counts of poverty. When you lack in education, that means you lack in making logical decisions as you grow up. People, also, do not want to hire people that do not have an educational background. Also, they start using vocabularty like b/s that is uncalled for, so you drop out of school = lack of descent vocabulary = no job = poverty

Answer 9

Before anyone considers dropping out of school, they should ask someone who dropped out 5, 10, 15, or 20 years ago. I'll bet you *MONEY* that the majority of them will say that it was the biggest mistake of their lives.

If you think school is tough, try going through life without an education. I'm serious.

Answer 10

go read a book flunky i go to school and i see a thousand(s) of lazy people like you. Stop saying "it's too much work" or "it's too hard" and just do it, I do. I'm tired of hearing kids whine about how difficult school is when they don't even try to do the work!!!
You say school sucks now. If you drop out of school, 15 years down the road you're going to see what really sucks.