Helpful Sites

Some sites to help you get information/get a GED (General Educational Development):
http://www.adisonhighschool.com/?source=adwords&adgroup=ged&ad=custom1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GED
http://steckvaughn.harcourtachieve.com/en-US/gedpractice
http://www.testprepreview.com/ged_practice.htm

If you would like to attend college even after dropping out of high school, a community college would probably be your best option. Here's some more info:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/30/education/30dropouts.html
http://adulted.about.com/od/highereducation/a/diplomas4douts.htm

If at this point you are unsure of whether to drop out of not, here's something that might help make up your mind:
http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-927/leaving.htm

I understand that the typical stereotype of lazy and incompetent does not apply to all high school dropouts. Here's some stories to prove my point:
http://www.education-reform.net/dropouts2.htm
http://www.school-survival.net/successful_dropouts.php

I am not here to tell you whether to drop out or not, I am only here to give you info and advice so that you can make an informed decision. Hope it helps!!

Information

So here's some information about high school dropouts.

• The rate of high school dropouts has gone down over the past couple decades. However, still about 9% of high school students end up dropping out.
  
• The average high school dropout makes $200,000 less than high school graduates and $800,000 less than college graduates during the course of their lives.
• Not all high school dropouts are lazy and incompetent, contrary to the traditional stereotype. Some are actually fairly intelligent, it's just that they get fed up with doing busy work and not being challenged enough in school.
• In Michigan, they passed a law upping the legal dropout age from 16 to 18.
  

Q&A

This is a post where you can ask questions and I'll try to answer them to the best of my abilities.

Hi :)

Hey, this is a blog that I made for an Advanced Journalism project. The purpose of this site is to help students who have dropped out of school, are going to drop out of school, or are considering dropping out of school. I originally planned to write a story about high school dropouts because I knew that one of my friends was planning to drop out of school.
I will provide information so that you can make informed decisions about your life. I will also answer any questions that you wish to ask. :)