Should teenagers that drop out of school be eligible to live off welfare? Why or why not?

Question

I personally say yes, because they will need some kind of way to make it on their own.

Answer 1

No it is their choice...to not continue their education..UNLESS they are really sick..or have a child..

Answer 2

I do not think that alone would make them eligible. Dropping out in most cases is a choice... and it is a choice of laziness. I finished school, and work damn hard trying to save my money. Why should I have to pay for someone who doesn't even try? I support the welfare program... but only for people who are willing to put effort forth and who try to get themselves off of welfare. Welfare is a good program, but it needs to be reformed, way too many people take advantage of the program.

There is a girl that I work with right now who abuses the welfare program. It really annoys me to even talk to her most of the time. She has 3 kids, gets about 800 bucks a month in child support from her babies's daddy's, she also makes a higher hourly wage than I do, PLUS she gets state assistance(she lies about how much $ she makes that way she can stay on state assistance). So yeah. It is this type of abuse that ruins the program, and having kids who just didn't feel like finishing school would be right up there with the girl that I work with.

Answer 3

No. Here's why: most of the city I live in is occupied by people who are living unfairly off of the system. The reason for it is because most of these people were lazy and dropped out of school because they were always taught growing up that the goverment will hand out free money. If they wanted to make it on their own, they should have stayed in school, went to college, and gotten a decent job. There are PLENTY of scholarship programs out there, so no one should have a reason nowadays to not continue their education (unless they just simply don't want to, of course). The way I look at it, there's no such thing as "I can't find a job". Please! McDonald's is always hiring. Work there until you can find somthing better.

Answer 4

I say no due to the fact that if the government are going to use tax payers money to help them then what drive do they have to get a job or look to some form of training. They will just figure that the government will pick up the bill for their living in society. Giving them help does not teach them anything about responsibility. Let them work it out the hard way then maybe they might go back into education

Answer 5

The only way to move up in the world is through education, whether it be in the form of a high school diploma or experience.

A high school diploma is a physical reminder that person actually has some degree of experience. If they are not willing to work hard enough to earn a 12th grade level education, why would they be willing to work their *** off at a decent job? psh.

and that isn't counting teenagers that instead opt for a GED, cuz that means they still cared enough to get that education.

Answer 6

I say yes as well, teenagers dont always make the right decission, that doesnt make them bad people or any worse than anybody else, you live you learn. I dont think they should live on it forever, but atleast get them back on their feet. Most kids that make bad decisions in high school at some point grow up and make something of themselves. They didnt have parents support more than likely to continue school, so they need help from someone.

Answer 7

Personally I say no.

Too many people use welfare as a means of not having to make something out of their lives and mooch of the government.

If a teen drooped out of school for a good reason(maybe one of his parents died and he now has to get a job), well that is acceptable.

A teen who just didn't like getting up early and going to class and doing work. Well, tehy don't deserve to get money for their own laziness.

Answer 8

No, F Them. People marched for years for the right to a free education and to see them throw that opportunity down the toilet just to be lazy is an insult to all their ancestors that suffered for that right.

Oh and by the way, making it on your own is the opposite of living off handouts.

Answer 9

No. They shouldn't drop out of school. Welfare is for people who have fallen on hard times and for emergency use -- although many abuse the system.

Answer 10

No, because if they quit at their education then they've no desire to complete anything else except leeching from others. There's no reason to quit school. My father quit school in the 7th grade and made it on his own without the help of welfare.

Answer 11

I think it depends on the reason why they dropped out. Because I know 2 people that dropped out just to drop out, I don't think they should get help for just bein lazy. But then there are people that had a death in the fam or they got pregnant and couldn't get all the credits they needed to graduate, I think those type of situations are ok to help people. Because they didn't do those things on purpose.