School Dropout= No graduating

Preventing School Dropouts

What can we do to prevent students from dropping out, or even thinking about dropping out? Some effective strategies would be tutoring/mentoring, service learning, alternative schooling, such as private or home school, and after school activities to get the student more involved. Other ways to prevent this from happening would be parental assistance, early childhood education, individual instruction, summer programs, or flexible schedules.

High School Dropouts

Every year, 1.2 million students drop out of high school in the United States alone. That’s a student every 26 seconds- or 6,000 a day. And more than a quarter of high school freshmen fail to graduate from high school on time. It’s been known for years that young people who do not earn a high school diploma face many more problems later in life than people who graduate. Why has this become such a problem?

Worth it?

Tobacco use has many consequences. People might say that the statistics aren't true but after watching this video, you still believe what those people say? Using tobacco, whether it is smoke-less are not, will ruin your health in the long run. For instance, look at the man in the video, doesn't look like he was too healthy. Because of tobacco use his life with never be the same. He can't do the things that he wanted to do when he was growing up. So is it worth it?

Tobacco Use Consequences

Between 1964 and 2004, cigarette smoking caused an estimated 12 million deaths, including 4 million deaths from cancer, and 5.5 million deaths from cardiovascular diseases. When smoking tobacco, the user inhales tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, and 200 known poisons into the lungs. More than 440,000 Americans die from tobacco-related causes each year, most of whom began using tobacco before the age of 18.

Advertising Tobacco Use

Tobacco use, including smoke-less tobacco is mainly encouraged by advertisment which usually targets teens. Year after year, more and more people are consuming tobacco products. This includes people of all ages, such as teenagers and adults. Showing commercials about products that help people stop smoking defeats the purpose of advertising tobacco. If they advertise tobacco, even though it is unhealthy, why advertise products to help stop the use of tobacco.