Dropping Out of School

April 21, 2010 Dropping out of school Nowadays people’s attitudes to schools have changed. Teenagers usually do whatever they want because their parents become busier and are not interested in their children’s schools thinking that everything is well there. The students become more different and always want to show who the best is. Because of these relations between the family, schoolmates, some teenagers may feel discomfort at schools that can decrease their performances and become a cause of their dropping out of schools. There are several reasons to explain this continuing tendency. The biggest problem of not going to schools is difficulties at home. The troubles such as divorce of parents, alcohol or drugs addict, and domestic quarrels have an effect on students’ school lives. At this transitional age, young people are very emotional and they are not strong enough to encounter those difficulties. That’s why they may find the solution in running away from homes and dropping out of schools. This shows that a family’s love and support has to be shown to teenagers. It is widely known that schools can teach students, but how to handle real life should be taught at home. Parents should avoid quarrelling because these adolescents could admit these manners as correct examples of behaving. In addition to the list of the reasons of dropping out of schools, the most common problem is incomprehensible classes. Sometimes there are 15-20 students in class, and the teachers cannot notice that one is not “in the same boat” as the others. Some teenagers feel ashamed to tell parents or teachers about their difficulties with classes. How can high schools solve this problem? Making smaller classes is an economically disadvantageous option that needs more faculty and money. The parents should pay more attention to their children’s classes and sometimes it is better to children to take some individual lessons. Even though the students are taught at schools, the teachers should explain to them that self-learning and working on themselves are the most important issues. Finally, the third main issue of missing classes is the separation into the cliques, which is a common circumstance in high schools. As most people know, maybe from the movies, there is a group of “school stars” that consists of football players, cheerleaders, and other fashion girls who think that they are the best. The rest of the students form another group, common people. Sometimes the division can be mentally difficult to some teenagers; a lot of “losers” wish they could be in popular people’s places. After unsuccessfully trying to be a part of this company, they do not want to study at the same school and usually make a lot of mistakes such as missing classes. All these reasons mentioned above lead to undesired problems which need immediate action. One solution could be a creation of more social activities at school to increase the students’ interests in education. Another solution could be more active participation of parents in the lives of their children. Teenagers often left alone by themselves might spend most of their time playing video games or surfing the web rather than doing assignments. Thus, parents should spend more time with their children playing intellectual games, camping, or other activities that can increase teenagers’ self-appraisal.