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Links from the Switched on "The Dropout Issue" issue

This is probably going to be a little biased but they deserve a click anyway. About one million students drop out every year, while nearly half of all African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans fail to graduate. Dropouts are more likely than high school graduates to be unemployed, in poor health, to live in poverty, in prison, or on public assistance, and their children, in turn, are more likely to drop out.

Got a friend about ready to drop out? Here are some indicators to see if they are really at risk of doing it. I suppose you could just listen to what your friend is saying but listening is hard.

Here is some easy info on youth who drop out. Doing a report? Sure you are. So are we. This is invaluable info that could keep you from making a mistake. Or it could just be something to print out and make paper airplanes out of. Either one.

What you should know about dropping out of school. This is a great book for dissecting your options and figuring out how to get what you want out of school or if you even want to be in school. And with purple type on a yellow cover how can you go wrong?

Complain away, baby. Sometimes it's more fun to stay in school and just complain your ass off about it. Teachers, students, counselors, janitors, grades, homework, food, we will accept long rambling, nearly incoherent complaints on just about any subject. But long rambling complaints about school? This is one of our favorites.