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Woohoo! High school graduation rates at record high

 
Since the 1970s, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has been estimating the percentage of teens who graduated high school on time (that is, within four years of entering 9th grade). And right now, we’re at an all-time high: 78.2 percent of students graduated with a regular or advanced high school degree during the 2009-2010 school yeah. That’s an increase of more than 2 percent. Woohoo!

 

And before you start thinking, “Yeah, but what about the other 20-something percent of students? Are one-fifth of all U.S. high schoolers dropping out?” know this: the NCES estimates that the annual dropout rate has decreased from 4.1 percent to 3.4 percent. And that’s pretty darn good in our book.

 

Keep up the good work, girls, and remember that you can achieve anything you put your mind to. What are your education goals? Tell us in the comments!

BY BRITTANY TAYLOR ON 1/23/2013 12:00:00 AM

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Today, the school counselor walked in during History today.
She asked to see one of my closest friends and commented jokingly about how she's not in trouble. Apparently, her younger sister was crying right before History according to another friend of mine. My closest friend later came in, sniffing with watery eyes. She couldn't even reply when our teacher asked her if she was okay--all she could was nod. She was excused and went to the toilet.
It really concerns me and I want to know what happened, but I thought I should give it a while before bringing it up. When of the girls asked her and the recollection upset my friend.
How long should I wait before I ask her? How should I bring it up? Will I sound rude?

Hey girl, it's okay to ask your friend if she's okay and how she's doing.  Tell her she doesn't have to tell you what happened, but that you'll be there for her if she ever wants to talk.  If she opens up, be a good listener.  If she doesn't want to talk about it, then change the subject.  Make sure you emphasize that you want to know how she's feeling (rather than focusing on what happened) and you won't sound rude at all. 


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by Shadow.Fall691 on 1/23/2013 7:41:43 AM

 
 

I graduate in May!! Can't wait! I'm getting my Associate's degree at community college, then transferring to my dream college to double major in European Studies (basically learning two languages, my choices are Russian and French) and Linguistics, and then Master's degrees in Slavic Studies and Linguistics (and maybe a PhD in one or both as well, one day). I want to be a translator, either interpreting or translating documents, and maybe one day I'll be a Russian instructor at a college or university.

by rockinlishy on 1/23/2013 5:11:40 AM

 
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