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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."
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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, @03:58PM (6 children)
How did she handle all these problems to get a GED and college?
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Friday April 14 2017, @06:15PM (5 children)
She started working when she was 14. She's smart and determined. Just heard yesterday she's getting an award at school today for leadership.
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(Score: 2) by kaszz on Friday April 14 2017, @06:29PM (4 children)
How did she get a handle on bullies and a anti-white vice principal?
(I presume the principal was black?)
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Saturday April 15 2017, @04:08PM (3 children)
She evaded it by dropping out. That vice-principal was later fired after the school's getting so many parents' complaints.
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(Score: 2) by kaszz on Saturday April 15 2017, @04:13PM (2 children)
How did she get the GED ?
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Sunday April 16 2017, @09:34PM (1 child)
Went to classes and took a test.
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(Score: 2) by kaszz on Sunday April 16 2017, @09:54PM
Sounds almost like a by the book plan to screw the school *system*.
*thumbs up*
She gets the education and the grades but the school is denied the opportunity to mess with her.