Think Again... About Dropping Out

Produced by Commonwealth Corporation in collaboration with the Boston Private Industry Council (PIC), former high school dropouts share stories about why they left school, and what helped them get on back on track. Explains the financial and social costs of dropping out. Features PIC dropout recovery specialists Emmanuel Allen and Marvin Moore, and eleven other former dropouts who returned in pursuit of a high school diploma or GED.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• dropout
• drop
• out
• consequences
• PIC
• commonwealth
• corporation
• prevention
• GED
• diploma
• epidemic
• lifetime
• earnings
• education

[lotzx5]

I dropped out because school was breaking into my head. I would litterly come home on the verge of mental collaspe, and then I would lay face down on my bed screaming at the top of my lungs into my pillow.

If I would have stayed any longer, I would have beat the shit out of someone that didn't diserve it, and i'm not that type of person in any way. I hope the school system fails, I hope they restart that shit over.

[Redheadsrule2406]

Yeah, too bad these people arn't telling the positive stories about people who get they're

GED and then go onto College.

[quetzalgirl101]

I'm going into high school and I really really don't want to go. For these reasons that the people on the video said.

[jdcibabyx2]

i never actually dropped out of High school but in my Freshmen year i was completely to myself i moved away from my hometown and i was nervous and depressed.and my Sophmore year i was hardly in school and my mom put me on homeschooling and now im a junior and things r good im still homeschooled and i plan on going back next year i hope..

[jdcibabyx2]

i never actually dropped out of High school but in my Freshmen year i was completely to myself i moved away from my hometown and i was nervous and depressed.and my Sophmore year i was hardly in school and my mom put me on homeschooling and now im a junior and things r good im still homeschooled and i plan on going back next year i hope..

[augustskies]

After I got out of that class I passed the ged and got an online certificate in hotel and resturant management from ashworth university. After that waste of time and money I enrolled and am currently enrolled in a local college. Also I have enrolled in a local highschools adult education and am going to get a REAL highschool diploma! I cant wait till I advance my education further. People dont realise how others

[votejello]

It seems like thoughts of dropping out came to me at highly stressful and emotional places. Seeing this video changed my mind about dropping out, even though I still think success shouldn't be centered around education. Education could be a great thing, but it's more like a softcore prison that destroys your creativity.

[TriloMagic]

1:40 - 2:20 is the one thing that people who want to drop out DON'T see! That's the BIG message that all teens should see and hear!

They all know about the "job" thing! What they DON'T know is all the fun times and proper growing up they'd be missing!

[dmana3172]

While getting a GED is alternative to a High School Diploma, it's not a substitute or as good as a High School Diploma. It's always recommended that you stay in High School And finish it, then get your Diploma. If there any bad situation, try to change it or talk to your parents. Don't drop out because if you do, it will be your record for the rest of your life.

[paperchaser1019]

what if sum1 wanted to be a model and drop out of skool, and u were very successful, ho bad cud it be