Should the fact that the high school graduation rate for blacks is only 53 percent warrant a national outcry to find a solution?
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Yes. Because it seems that [schools] are giving negative jibes and they’re not dealing with the teenagers’ issues. They’re pushing them along like a conveyer belt.
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Jacquelyn Stokes
Substance Abuse Counselor
Mattapan
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We need to put more value and time into our children, fulfilling their needs, whether they be social, emotional, home, whatever their issues. It’s overdue. |
Juanique Watson
Elder Care Provider
Dorchester |
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Yes. They should because they always say that the youth are the future. So if we don’t have an educated youth, we don’t have a future. |
Handel Dixon
Student/Youth Leader
Dorchester
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I definitely think that the dropout rate should be brought to the attention of our elected officials on the federal, state and local levels. |
Skippy White, “The Professor”
Record Store Owner/Radio Disc Jockey
Roxbury |
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Yes. Teachers should have something to do with the students’ education. If the teacher doesn’t teach to the students’ needs, then the students would feel like they’re wasting their time. |
Dennis Bennett
Student
Roxbury
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I think it’s too late for our generation with the music and the way that we’re living. People don’t want to go to school. School’s not for them. They just want to run the streets. |
Terrence Johnson
Student/IT Support
Roxbury
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