Dropping out
Dropping out means leaving a group for either practical reasons, necessities or disillusionment with the system from which the individual in question leaves. It is used in various contexts, including:
- Most commonly, it refers to a student quitting school before he or she graduates. It cannot always be ascertained that a student has dropped out, as he or she may stop attending without terminating enrollment. It is estimated 1.2 million students annually dropout of high school in the United States, where high school graduation rates rank 19th in the world.[1] Reasons are varied and may include: to find work, avoid bullying, family emergency, poor grades, unexpected pregnancy, bad environment, lack of freedom, and boredom from lack of lessons relevant to the world of work. The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts[2] by Civic Enterprises explores reasons students leave school without graduating. The consequences of dropping out of school are typically dire. Students who drop out of school in the United States are more likely to be unemployed, homeless, receiving welfare and incarcerated. [3] A four-year study in San Francisco found that 94 percent of young murder victims were high school dropouts. [4]
- In the 1960s, "dropping out" was used to mean withdrawing from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values. It is a term commonly associated with the 1960s counterculture and with hippies and communes. See Turn on, tune in, drop out.
- In clinical trials, participants may withdraw from the study, for example, due to adverse effects. This is also referred to as dropping out.
Notable drop outs
High School
- Arthur Shawcross[5]
- Albert Einstein, Luitpold Gymnasium[6]
- Michael Enright (broadcaster)[7]
- Bobby Fischer, Erasmus Hall High School[8]
- Marvin Hewitt[9]
- Beland Honderich[10]
- Hitomi Kanehara[11]
- Juan Carlos Onetti[12]
- Nas[13]
- Eminem[14]
- Wright Brothers[15]
- Walt Disney[16]
- Richard Branson[6]
- Dave Thomas (American businessman)[17]
- David H. Murdock[18]
- Gurbaksh Chahal[19]
- Tupac Shakur[20]
- Kurt Cobain[21]
- Danny Rolling[22]
- Teddy Pendergrass[23]
- James Earl Ray[24]
- Eazy-E[25]
- Marvin Gaye[26]
- Jay-Z[27]
- Frank Lloyd Wright, left Madison High School, High School early to work for the Dean of the University of Wisconsin's Engineering department.[28]
alekks garcia left waukegan high school he plays for inter milan
University
- Michael Dell, University of Texas at Austin[29]
- Bill Gates, Harvard University[30]
- Steve Jobs, Reed College[16]
- Woody Allen, New York University[31]
- Jack Kerouac, Columbia University,[32]
- Kanye West, Chicago State University[33]
- Alicia Keys, Columbia University[34]
- James Dean, UCLA[35]
- John Steinbeck, Stanford University [36]
- Sylvester Stallone, University of Miami [37]
- William Faulkner, University of Mississippi[38]
- Anthony Bourdain, Vassar College [39]
Doctorates
See also
Every year, 1.2 million students dropout of high school in the United states alone. America's high school graduation rates rank 19th in the world. http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-dropping-out
References
- ^ High School Dropouts
- ^ The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts
- ^ NoDropouts.org
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- ^ "Paroled Killer Charged Again..." The Spokesman-Review. January 6, 1990. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b Zerbisias, Antonia (October 23, 2009). "Does school or society cause boy dropouts?". Toronto Star. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Press release, archived at Lucien.NB.ca
- ^ Arthur Bisguier, in Wade & O'Connell 1973, p. 47.
- ^ Slapper, Gary (May 23, 2008). "Weird cases: faking it". London: The Times. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Beland Honderich shaped The Star of today". Toronto Star. November 3, 1992. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Onishi, Norimitsu (June 6, 2004). "An Aging Island Embraces Japan's Young Dropouts". The New York Times. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "He found his Latin American reality in a fictitious city". The Miami Herald. June 10, 1994. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ AbduSalaam, Ismael (March 15, 2010). "Nas to Pursue High School Diploma, Encourages Youth to Stay in School". AllHipHop.com. Retrieved September 27, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Chonin, Neva (May 8, 1999). "Rage Against the Past Eminem is a former skinny white kid who raps..." San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Wright brothers were suited for invention". The Seattle Times. December 13, 2003. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b "Disney's deal for Pixar snares "Animation Inc."". The Seattle Times. January 25, 2006. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Wendy's founder Dave Thomas dead at 69". CBC.ca. January 8, 2002. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
- ^ "Gates Buys Into Pineapple Paradise". Forbes. July 13, 2000. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Zinko, Carolyne (October 26, 2008). "Advice from young millionaire Gurbaksh Chahal". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Pareles, Jon (September 14, 1996). "Tupac Shakur, 25, Rap Performer Who Personified Violence, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Nirvana, Foo Fighters, and Eyes Adrift". The Phoenix. April 8, 1994. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Grandmother: 'He Was Just Like The Clouds In The Sky'". Orlando Sentinel. May 23, 1993. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Singer fights his way back after accident". Anchorage Daily News. July 7, 1984. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "From small-time criminal to notorious assassin". CNN. April 3, 1998. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
- ^ "Straight Outta Left Field". Dallas Observer. September 12, 2002. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Marvin Gaye - Singer/Songwriter". BBC. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
- ^ "Jay-Z: From Brooklyn to the Boardroom". BBC News. December 1, 2006. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
- ^ Biography (of Frank LLoyd Wright)
- ^ Kessler, Michelle (March 4, 2004). "Dell founder passes torch to new CEO". USA Today. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Dropout Bill Gates returns to Harvard for degree". Reuters. June 7, 2007. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
- ^ "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Woody Allen". The Harvard Crimson. April 16, 1992. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ , October 5, 2009 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/36289
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{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) [dead link] - ^ Pareles, Jon (January 27, 2002). "To Be Alicia Keys: Young, Gifted and in Control". The New York Times. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "The unseen James Dean". London: The Times. March 6, 2005. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ John Steinbeck's Biography, retrieved April 6, 2010 [dead link]
- ^ http://www.nndb.com/people/761/000023692/
- ^ "Education: The Famous Dropouts". TIME. June 8, 1962. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
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- ^ *Farquharson, Robin (1968). Drop Out!. Anthony Blond.
External links
- Essay by Ran Prieur
- Dropout Intervention and Language Minority Youth - From the ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics.
- The Dropout Cure: Students Seeing Their Own Future
- Report: Many big city graduation rates below 50%
- Research report by Michael Ben-Avie, PhD, Impact Analysis and Strategies Group
- Resources for anyone who has ever considered leaving high school