Don’t Drop Out!

If your student ever flirts with the idea of dropping out, just show him or her this chart of unemployment rates by educational attainment.

Then talk about how much you hate having to rewrite resumes, search job postings, write cover letters, and go on interviews where you have to brag about yourself without seeming to brag about yourself, then wait and wait and wait for someone to decide they like you enough to hire you.   Maybe that will motivate them to stay in school.

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