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    Why kids drop out of school

    By tbraun09 | May 27, 2009

    I refer back to Absenteeism as being a major contributing factor for kids dropping out of school. Based on The Silent Epidemic article that I had read there was a higher percentage of students dropping out their last year of middle school compared to the year before. Taking longer lunches and delinquent behavior were some of the factors recognized as contributing to truancy issues based on their survey. I also found it interesting to understand how poverty plays such a large role in kids dropping out of school.

     A person represented in this socio-economic class may not have access to all of the needed resources to improve oneself. It was noted in the article that one who grows up in poverty has a much higher chance of living in poverty as an adult. The lack of parental support, possibly due to their own low education level also plays a major role on whether a child drops out.

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