"You Can't Get Rich if You Ditch"
Just for Junior High
by Debbie Arp
October 26, 2007
It’s no joke. Over a lifetime, a high school dropout working full time will earn $300,000 less than a high school graduate, and more than $1 million less than a college graduate. It’s easy to see that if you want to do well graduating is what you’ve got to do first. Here are a few more good reasons why you should stay in school.
• High school dropouts are four times more likely than college graduates to be unemployed.
• Graduating from high school will most likely determine how well you live for the rest of your life.
• On average, high school graduates earn $175 more per week than high school dropouts. College graduates earn $368 more per week than high school graduates. *
* 2007 American Council on Education & Lumina Foundation for Education
The big lesson here? You've got a lot to lose by giving up, and everything to gain by being serious about school.
"You Can't Get Rich if You Ditch"
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