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Show Students planning to quit school are asked to give second tk 000 more in those 47 ,,1 thelaborer has earned 50 years of toil. tt (,f "At an average 0f , . t per month in school m each year, he has go'nf , ' ' for 800 days in hV high school. Je-' "But how those 800 ,i. ? off! By the time he each of those davi 1 ' him $108.75 over w ; T would have earned a 4 . skilled laborer. That' god pay for going isn t it? s- lf "The COLLEGE fr, does stUl better. He d start on his Career , around 22 years old. B,7 ',' 43 years unta he real" he earns an average of jj? these are also j. s n l' ment of Labor figu'rj, J; ' $100,000 more than n - school graduate has I"' a HIS earnings are at the' of nearly $8,000 per yParo (i per month. jli "He spends approsill ,J1 800 days at his colle?e,. So each day means $125 j. ,' tra earnings during jj, - time, than if he had quit a- " end of high school. ' "Do you STILL want t school and start earninv money?" f Youth today is being asked to take a long look and do some figuring before they decide de-cide to discontinue school. F01 those who are doubtful what to do, the following figures should prove interesting: The Employment Service finds that the average wage for unskilled labor right now is around $1.50 an hour. It is further stated "If you drop out of school at the age of 15, and immediately get a steady job at $1.50 an hour (which is very unlikely), and if you work 8 hours 5 days a week for the next 50 years without ever being laid off or being out of a job (which is even more unlikely), then by the time you have reached the usual retirement retire-ment age of 65 years, you will have earned $156,000 in your whole lifetime. That is $3,120 a year. If you stay in high school until you have finished and take the kind of job you can get with a high school education, educa-tion, you can make a great deal more money in your lifetime. United States Department of Labor figures show that the average high school graduate earns $243,000 in his lifetime. He starts his career at about the age of 18, so by the time he reaches 65 he has worked only 47 years as compared with the unskilled laborer's 50. But he has earned $243,000 $87,- |