Why stay in school when the gov't will pay you anyway? Augment that with whatever you can scam/steal, and there is your career. Don't know whether to put this in green or not.
I can’t recall where I read this, but the secret to success particularly in minority communities is having two parents in the household, and graduating high school.
In Milwaukee, the HS graduation rate is 62%. Nearly 4 out of 10 never get a diploma, and live life with the equivalent of an 8th grade education.
That is the overall rate. I don’t have it by race, but since Milwaukee isn’t all black, I can only imagine the back and Hispanic graduation rates are materially lower than that - possibly 50% or less.
And we are spending $13,000 per student per year.
It is a self-fulfilling prophesy.