It's true that the dropout rate in the US has remained relatively high for the last 15 years, especially for black and Hispanic students. It's true that drugs, alcohol, and pregancy are some of the more common causes of dropping out. It's also true that dropping out of high school doesn't do much to improve one's chances to succeed in life.
This, however, is a really bad way of pointing that out.
As Joanne Jacobs succinctly notes, "Do school administrators have to pass a stupidity exam?"
Posted by kswygert at June 19, 2003 01:43 PM