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==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1a : one who drops out of [[school]]  

*1a : one who drops out of [[school]]  

'''Dropout''' means leaving a [[group]] for either [[practical]] reasons, [[necessities]] or [[disillusionment]] with the system from which the [[individual]] in question leaves.

'''Dropout''' means leaving a [[group]] for either [[practical]] reasons, [[necessities]] or [[disillusionment]] with the system from which the [[individual]] in question leaves.

Most commonly, dropping out refers to a [[student]] quitting [[school]] before he or she [[graduates]] or avoiding entering a [[University]]. It cannot always be ascertained that a student has dropped out, as he or she may stop attending without terminating enrollment. It is estimated 1.2 million students annually dropout of high school in the United States, where high school [[graduation]] rates rank 19th in the world. Reasons are varied and may include: to find [[work]], avoid [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying bullying], [[family]] [[emergency]], poor grades, [[depression]] and other mental illness, unexpected [[pregnancy]], bad environment, lack of [[freedom]], and [[boredom]] from lack of lessons relevant to the world of work.  

Most commonly, dropping out refers to a [[student]] quitting [[school]] before he or she [[graduates]] or avoiding entering a [[University]]. It cannot always be ascertained that a student has dropped out, as he or she may stop attending without terminating enrollment. It is estimated 1.2 million students annually dropout of high school in the United States, where high school [[graduation]] rates rank 19th in the world. Reasons are varied and may include: to find [[work]], avoid [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying bullying], [[family]] [[emergency]], poor grades, [[depression]] and other mental illness, unexpected [[pregnancy]], bad environment, lack of [[freedom]], and [[boredom]] from lack of lessons relevant to the world of work.  

''The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts'' by Civic Enterprises explores reasons [[students]] leave [[school]] without [[graduating]]. The consequences of dropping out of school can have long-term [[economic]] and [[social]] repercussions. Students who drop out of school in the United States are more likely to be unemployed, [[homeless]], receiving welfare and [[incarcerated]]. A four-year study in San Francisco found that 94 percent of young [[murder]] [[victims]] were high school dropouts.

''The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts'' by Civic Enterprises explores reasons [[students]] leave [[school]] without [[graduating]]. The consequences of dropping out of school can have long-term [[economic]] and [[social]] repercussions. Students who drop out of school in the United States are more likely to be unemployed, [[homeless]], receiving welfare and [[incarcerated]]. A four-year study in San Francisco found that 94 percent of young [[murder]] [[victims]] were high school dropouts.

In the 1960s, "dropping out" was used to mean withdrawing from established [[society]], especially because of [[disillusionment]] with conventional [[values]]. It is a term commonly associated with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960's 1960s] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterculture counterculture] and with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippie hippies] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commune_(intentional_community) communes]. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_on,_tune_in,_drop_out Turn on, tune in, drop out].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dropping_out]

In the 1960s, "dropping out" was used to mean withdrawing from established [[society]], especially because of [[disillusionment]] with conventional [[values]]. It is a term commonly associated with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960's 1960s] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterculture counterculture] and with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippie hippies] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commune_(intentional_community) communes]. See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_on,_tune_in,_drop_out Turn on, tune in, drop out].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dropping_out]

[[Category: Sociology]]

[[Category: Sociology]]