When it comes to high school dropouts, these students don't seem to realize how close they really are to success, high school is only one small part of a person's life and some of them people find it difficult to complete their studies. Even though there are not enough funds to ensure that all students can complete high school, I think the number of high school students dropping out is getting too high because education is a big part of our civilization, you need to have certain knowledge. basis to get by and students need education to go further in their life goals. If we created more opportunities and devoted more of the state's money to education, the high school graduation rate would be higher. There are not enough funds to ensure that all students can complete high school. In 2008, the economic collapse resulted in a reduction of $469 million. This reduction in the education system has led to a significant drop in funds allocated to each school. Additionally, with the low funding, there are job cuts, so there are fewer teachers and administrators to be able to help each student. The student-teacher ratio increases with cost cuts creating too many students per teacher, this creates a problem with the No Child Left Behind law, the teacher does not have enough time to make sure every student understands the information given. Additionally, with budgets, teachers end up taking pay cuts, which creates problems and incentivizes them to teach as well as before. The budget reduction creates the problem of providing an adequate transportation system for students to attend their allocated classes. Another problem with budget cuts is creating a problem of lack of supplies for the ...... middle of ......paper ......ization, you have to have a certain knowledge base to get by. But more importantly, students need education to go further in achieving their life goals. The major problem with dropping out is that students don't realize how close they really are to achieving their goals. High school is such a small thing to get through and if you think about it, it will be worth it in the end. So what would you do, give up after already doing all the work or finish and pursue your dreams? Works Cited Poythress, Katherine. “Hawaii Department of Education Bust.” Honolulu Civil Beat April 16, 2014: n. page. printed, April 17, 2014Walden, Andrew. “Hawaii DoE abandonment rate climbs to 32.8%.” Hawaii Free Press, April 16. 2014: no. page. printed, April 17, 2014Breslow, Jason M. “By the Numbers: High School Dropout.” » Frontline September 21, 2012: n. page. print, April 17. 2014