Every year an average of 1.2 million children dropout of high school; moreover, precisely 25% of high school freshman never graduate. As of right now, students in the United States are not required to graduate high school. Students should be required to get a high school diploma or GED for three different reasons: a diploma is required to get a good job; during adolescence, people are extremely immature and do not think about their futures; and a high school diploma or GED ensures that everyone has acquired a certain level of knowledge.
To start off, children should be required to get a high school diploma because it plays a crucial role in getting a good job. Whenever someone applies for a job, one of the requirements on the job application is a high school diploma or GED. Without the high school diploma, people are stuck working at a lower level job that doesn’t pay much money. While it is true that people start off at lower paying jobs and then work their way up to a higher position, it does not necessarily mean
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Whenever teenager’s dropout they assume that school is pointless and they can go get a job and start making money, but this will not help them in the future. Since teens have a careless mindset, the should not be allowed to decide whether they will drop out of school or not. Although a grant that teens are extremely independent and somewhat capable of making their own decisions, I maintain that they are careless and immature because research has shown that their brains are still developing. During adolescences, a child’s prefrontal and cerebral cortex are still developing. The prefrontal cortex plays a key role in decision making; as a result, teens are not skilled in making good decisions. If children are unable to make good decisions, they shouldn’t be allowed the decide whether or not they will stay in school or drop