Today is december 11, 2008. My classmates and i are doing a project based on social issues. My issue is High School Dropouts. I really think this topic is interesting. I'm really getting to learn alot about it. I used to think that the majority of kids who dropout are in NYC but i learn that even though it may be one of the highest rate but its not only place in america where high schools rates are high. According to Nanette Asimovi,chronicle staff Writer, each year about 120,000 students fail to get a dilpoma ,which i found really intesresting because thats alot of children. This really encourages me to want to know more about our educational system and what they are doing, that are making our students all around america wanteding to dropouts. I also learn that even though some kids don't get their h.s. diploma in H.s some get their G.E.D. I also learn that the majority of kids who dropout are Hispanic, African Americans, non-white.