How Often do We Really Think About Drop Outs?

 I made it a point to get a wide range of people in age and culture trying to make sure I was not bias or one sided really. Therefore, I found it very interesting in my survey that not very many people ever thought about dropping out. In fact, most of the people that took the survey said that they arevery against even the idea of dropping out. They strongly agreed that it is not a very smart choice to drop out. I think in part that it might be because those who took it could be hard working people who value their money and have some idea of what happens if someone does drop out. More than seventy percent strongly believed that students should stay in school. I am assuming that it may be because they either value a good education or they could very possibly have friends who dropped out and did not like that.

 Now also on the other side there was about fifteen percent that said they had thought about dropping out. Out of the people I surveyed, only a few said they did drop out.  More than half of those said that they have gotten their G.E.D. I think it would have been a lot more interesting if I was able to survey more people because it could very well be a different story. I really pictured a lot more people thinking about dropping out or having known people who dropped out, or I could have gotten people who felt different about those who did drop out. It is very possible their parents or a family member or a really close friend did feel differently.