Show What Kind Of Work W orl Will Dropouts Do In 1965 there were more than ten million 24 16 year olds out of school and in the labor force THREE MILLION almost a third hadn't completed high school IN THE 67 1966 school year unless something Is done about it another youngsters will walk away from their education education education edu edu- cation too soon If this rate continues labor force will contain 32 million million million mil mil- lion adults with less than a high school education at a time when the nations nation's economy and the nations nation's business cant can't af afford afford afford af- af ford the them m. m THESE YOUNGSTERS are tomorrows tomorrow's skilled workers In Inthe Inthe the ne next t four years the number of 24 16 year old workers will increase by 33 43 million per percent percent cent of the total increase in the labor force for that period Un Unless Unless Unless Un- Un less we convince them now of the need for educating and preparing preparing preparing pre pre- paring themselves they wont won't be ready when they're needed What does It mean to be a dropout Statistics prove again and again that young people who drop out of school place themselves themselves themselves them them- selves at a disadvantage THE DROPOUT is more likely likely likely like like- ly than the graduate to be or to hold a poor paying and undesirable job The dropout dropout dropout drop drop- out has less chance to advance and his job Is more likely to betaken be betaken betaken taken over by a machine Over a 4 lifetime me the high school graduate earns 16 per percent percent percent cent more than the person who completes only one to three years of high school and 80 per percent percent percent cent more than one who does not finish eight years of school THE COLLEGE graduate can expect to earn two-thirds two more than the high school graduate The unemployment rate for school dropouts 21 16 Is 15 per cent as compared with 84 per cent for graduates THE JOBLESS rate for ev everyone everyone everyone ev- ev In the labor force over 18 who did not finish school is 74 as compared with 4 per cent for the graduates Twice as many 1965 male graduates are white-collar white workers or craftsmen craftsmen craftsmen crafts crafts- men while greater proportions of dropouts are laborers Among women more graduates graduates graduates grad grad- have clerical jobs and the dropouts are employed on assembly as assembly assembly as- as lines or as household workers MANY REASONS may motivate motivate motivate moti moti- vate a teenager to leave scho school l without getting his diploma A survey of dropouts themselves reveals the major ones School-connected School problems lack lack of interest poor grades difficulties with school authorities authorities authorities author author- economic reasons such as unemployment In the family personal or family financial need marriage of pregnancy MOST OF THESE young people people people peo peo- could use a willing listener someone who might point out the reasons the reasons the practical reasons rea rea- sons why sons why they should stay In school why school why it will mean more to them in the long run to wait waita a while for marriage or for that job that looks to help them find the time part-time jobs that will allow them to make the money they need while re remaining remaining remaining re- re in school Who are the dropouts Studies Studies StudIes Stud Stud- ies made around the nation show more than half hal of the them mare are boys most leave school in the grade and soon after their b most of them have IQs IQ's Indicating that they could finish school if they wanted to many are lacking in basic academic academic aca aca- de demic mic foundations and are probably probably probably ably failing in one or more scholastic subjects the majority majority majority major major- ity come from families where school attendance and achievement achievement achievement achieve achieve- ment are not considered as having having having hav hav- ing much value many have par parents who are unemployed or un un- un |