You may read this title in the local newspaper this week: "Dropout Rate worse and worse." The article noted thatt despite all the progress made in our society, we still do not know how to ensure that we fully educate all our young people.
The new studies show that less than half the 9th graders in many major cities in the nation, never graduated. Studies clearly show that the dropout rate is declining. And, in particular, the dropout rate is down to poor students and minorities.
Surprisingly, although many complain about the rising dropout rate, our schools continue to lack formal plans - or any plans - to teach students' motivation. Most schools have no game plan to ensure that students understand that the school will be absolutely essential to survive and prosper in the new millennium. Schools expect youth and children to act as if the school is important, but they never teach them to believe that.
Years ago, families so that their offspring recognized the value of school. Many contemporary families may fail to instill that Outlook, or the family may actually convey to the child that the school is not important. Since many families are not motivating their children to be involved, interested students, young professionals, like teachers and counselors may need to provide this training. Otherwise, it is likely that dropout rates continue to fall not, but only get worse.
Here are some strategies that draws attention to convince even the most apathetic student that must stay in school. They are taken from one of my most popular books, "All the best answers for the worst Kid Problems:. Maximum power of motivation-Makers" For more details on this book, please visit our website.
** Ask students if they will ever need to work: The world has changed. 100 years ago, factory work was the booming job, and needed no instruction. Today, the management of facts and data is labor employment in the booming IT industry growing at a rate of 77%. Meanwhile, factories are increasingly automated. Most of the work-related education and require at least a high school diploma.
** Ask students which century will be prepared for: In 1900, the most common jobs were farm laborer and domestic - education is not necessary. Now, the most common jobs are office and sales workers - education diploma is usually required. An amazing 6 out of 10 people now work in a shop or office.
** Have students play the "Replace Me" Game: have a job, the names of students and businesses that can "always" do without a diploma. List their responses on the chalkboard. Ask students to develop a way that the employee can be replaced. For example, the tendency to come in fast food is to use computers rather than people to run the restaurant. A prototype is apparently already being tested. Students should discover that most jobs that lack education and diploma requirements, may be ripe for automation.
** BONUS INTERVENTION
Ask students who are considering the abandonment, if you prefer to take orders or give orders.
** BONUS INTERVENTION
Speaking of giving orders, do your students know that the military almost always requires a high school diploma?
** Ask students to name all the jobs and industries may never want to do: Then ask students to determine how many of these jobs require a diploma or GED. The vast majority, you will notice that many of the best pay, the higher status, the more interesting jobs with better pay, benefits and tenure, require a diploma to apply too. Assist students to realize that "the abandonment leaves you defenseless."
** BONUS INTERVENTION
Ask students to make an "entry ticket" for the new millennium, which is essentially what their diploma will be.
** For students who say they will not need an education, ask them to manage the following adult situations:
1 - Your car is hit and destroyed. The insurance company is to bring value to the retail or wholesale for your car. What do you want?
2 - The telephone company is only accepting payment via the internet (a trend due in 5 years or so). How do you get an ISP and what is it?
3 - The credit card company offers to let you skip a payment each December. Should you?
4 - You've just won a free trip to the Bahamas for 16 days! It will cost only $ 155 each for up to 4 people. It is great!?
Answers: 1-Retail is well above the 'wholesale, and is the best choice. 2-You need an ISP connection to the Internet. 3-Never, interest accrues while you skip the payment. That $ 7 movie ticket that you charged could end up costing $ 39 if you pay slowly enough. 4 - You can pronounce the word "scam"?
Emphasize to your students that if they get an education, learn the answers to these questions and / or how to get the answers. There are good ways to keep students for abandonment. You have just read a couple of them.
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