SHARE4SCHOOL

I have a friend. This is his story. My friend is now 18, he dropped out of high school this past year. My friend was a very good student at times, but in the middle of his junior year at Riverton High School things began to get rough according to him. He told me in an interview that,"homework got harder, and I really began to hate my teachers." I think that most students can sympathize with my friends feelings at one point in time; I sure can. Things continued to get worse for my friend and half way through his senior year, "I was just done," as he described it to me. And with that I had to ask why did he dropped out of school? My friend answered,"because I was bored of school, I never went. And my grades were all F's and D's so I just quit showing up." My follow up question was if his parents were mad? He said, quite casually in fact, "My mom was mad for a little and surprised, but then just told me I should go back and get my GED, and I probably will." At this, I continued to pry. My..