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What pushes a teenager to suddenly drop out of high school? The answer: any number of very stressful "trigger" events that occur in their final few months in class, researchers at Université de Montréal's Public Health Research Institute have found.
In fact, adolescents exposed to severe stressors are more than twice as likely to drop out in the following few months compared to similar schoolmates who are not exposed, says the study led by UdeM pyschoeducation professor Véronique Dupéré.
The stressors are not always school-related. In fact, most occur away from school and can involve family members (divorcing parents, for example), conflicts with peers, work issues (being laid off), health issues (a car accident) and legal issues.
[...] "These findings show that the risk of high school dropout is not predetermined over the long run," Dupéré said. "Rather, it fluctuates and becomes higher when adolescents have to deal with challenging situations in their lives. School personnel thus need to be aware of their students' changing needs in and out of school to provide them with the right kind of support at the right time."
What has been your experience?
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170410123935.htm
[Source]: What triggers a high-school student to suddenly drop out?
[Abstract]: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cdev.12792/abstract
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Wednesday April 12 2017, @02:35PM
So, I notice that your solution to most problems seems to be.. to break up families?
You did notice something which isn't there.
Sometimes one can need time of while problems are dealt with. Kind of like when you turn off your computer to remove dust or upgrade hardware. It doesn't mean you hate electrical power. It just means it needs to be switched of for a while.
Shit happens but the consequences can be minimized. And time is usually of the essence when a teenager so it may pay of to keep on track. If one feel that something else is better, well go for that. The point is to not be derailed against your own wishes.
Higher education is a necessity in many complex engineering tasks. That a specific school system got it wrong and focus on wrong things using bad methods won't make the need for knowledge and analytical capability go away.