I have been looking up a lot of background history for Memphis City Schools. I have found a lot of interesting, yet quite depressing percentages. MCS' graduation rate is currently 66 percent, meaning that 34 percent of MCS students drop out or don't finish high school with enough credits to earn a diploma
Tennessee’s graduation rate is 81% which actually is not that bad but then again it is just high school. That does not mean they HAVE to go to college. High School is not that hard, you mostly just have to attend class and do your assignments and you can easily pass. I am just trying to figure out whether the problem is caused by the parents’ or teacher‘s lack of interest. From the research I have gathered, it is mostly the product of both.
To think even more depressingly, “Only a quarter of the city's population has a college degree.” It is just hard to see our city, Memphis, not following the flow of the future. Now a days graduate school is like college, it is about to become another required step in school. I just hope Memphis keeps up with that flow and does not fall back.
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I completely agree, it seems like you have to actually try to fail a class in high school. The work was not hard at all. It is alot different hearing the statistics of memphis city schools in comparison to my home town, there is a huge gap.
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