Reply #31: again, i will put it on the parents.

[seabeyond]

drop out rate? really, where does that come from.

i agree with the poster in that there is not an issue with education. the opportunity is there if a student choses to take advantage of what is being given. i agree with the poster that the academics are beyond what we did in our time. people talk about the lack of education. but what i see my kids doing today, and the grades they do it, they are doing way more and much earlier than our generation did.

it is a matter of whether the environment at home is conducive to the child having the desire to be successful

which goes along with your theory.