As a high school dropout, I understand the value of education: A second chance at obtaining my high school diploma through the G.I. Bill led me to attend college and law school and allowed me the opportunity to serve in Congress.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I got out of the army, I had the G.I. Bill. Since I had no high school education or anything like that, I came to NYU, and they took a chance on me and let me in.
High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.
I dropped out of high school four times between the ages of 12 to 17.
In America today, a young person needs more education after high school just to have a chance to make it in the middle class. Not a guarantee, just a chance to make it.
I wasn't using college as a stepping stone to law school or some other career. I just wanted a liberal-arts education.
To be very honest, I never thought I would graduate from high school. I got very lucky to get into an alternative high school, which really saved my butt.
I wasn't a good student in high school. I wanted to go to college, but they weren't exactly beating down my door to offer me admission, and it's so expensive in the U.S. If you join up for a period, the army will pay your school and provide a stipend.
I chose to go to law school because I thought that someday, somehow I'd make a difference.
I didn't go to high school, and I didn't go to grade school either. Education, I think, is for refinement and is probably a liability.
Not graduating high school on time leads to fewer chances of attending college and obtaining good paying jobs, and creates instead higher chances of incarceration and unemployment.