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Download full textBeekman, Nancy – 1987
This factsheet considers dropping out of school from the dropout's point of view: reasons for dropping out, life after leaving school, and the dropouts' own evaluation of their decision to leave school. It identifies a dislike of school, low academic achievement, and a desire to work as key reasons for dropping out. Thirteen resource documents are…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Adolescents, Dropout Attitudes, Dropouts
