Daniel's+Graduation+importance+page_11


 * //BEEP BEEP BEEP BE-- You hit the off button on your alarm clock and drag yourself out of bed. As you get ready for your deadbeat job, you remember the day of high school graduation. You can see it all, students walking down the aisle to the principal, the superintendent is there, happy families fill the auditorium, your friends are all cheering, But you are not with them, you are in the back of the room with the rest of the drop outs. When you hear different names being called, the more your heart sinks. Your family is standing with you, you look around and notice you aren't the only one who failed to graduate from high school, but thats when you hear those dreadful words from your guidance counsler: "You wont recieve your diploma if you dont bump those grades up". "I failed", you say to your parents, but they say nothing, could you have changed any of this?//**

Yes, but in order to be succsesful, you must graduate. You have to go through elementary,middle and high until your final destination is college. But this race isn't easy. In order to get to college you HAVE to graduate from high school. Graduating from high school will give you a higher paying job, the ability to take care of yourself, and you will be smarter!

. If you Graduate, Your job will most-likely be a higher-paying one! That means your money count will **go higher.** And almost 9 out of 10 jobs in America REQUIRE some post-secondary education. So you should be able to get a better job, and you wont be waking up every morning thinking: I cant BELIEVE I have to go to work...It is very stressful to have a bad job but anyway more money means a better life! Around 60% of jobs require people to have some type of training or education past high school and most colleges and training programs want applicants to be high school graduates. You need to graduate to make more money, and making more money is important. According to the Education Commission of the States, high school graduates get more money, so are less likely to depend on public help, to have health problems, or to rob a bank, you are less likely to get a better job

Also when you get a better job it is easier to take care of yourselves, and you would have the ability to pay bills and keep your home. But, unfortunatly, i know what it IS like not to have that ability,A month or two ago, two members of my mothers side of the family got kicked out of there apartment due to lack of payment for bills, so they were homeless for a little bit so they moved into our basement for a short time.

And another great thing about graduating is you are smarter!! It could help you later on in life, lets say your kid is having trouble with his or her homework. You can swoop right in and help! You always have to do math problems, even when you ARENT in school. And it even //feels// good being smart. Its very important to get good grades in school, to be succsesful! So if you are down in the C's and D's bump those up to A's. Now all of this is why graduation is REQUIRED for a succsesful life.


 * //You walk down the eisle and approach the principal, though you can't hear the cheers and woots of your friends and family, you know that you can do it! You walk up to the principal, and he says; Congradulations, Daniel Ogren and he hands you a paper scroll. As you approach your seat, you are exploding in hapiness, as you open the scroll, you read the large golden cursive letters at the top: Diploma. I did it, you think, and that is all that matters.//**