Lately I've found myself thinking of ideas and encountering stories that i'd like to blog about when i'm away from my computer, and then when i'm online I totally forget about it.
I don't know if you heard it in the news, but around April first a story was released about national high school graduation rates. Once again the city of Detroit is numero uno. And once again, it's in the worst category. 75% of all high school students in the city of Detroit drop out. it's a number so ridiculous i have to write it again. 3/4 of detroit high school students DO NOT graduate.
i find that unbelievable. seriously, i cannot even imagine what that would look like to only graduate with a quarter of the students you entered high school with. I don't know how the city of detroit is going to be able to recover from the mess that is currently is in. It has half the population that it had four decades ago, but with a much larger and more complicated (and aging) infrastructure to support. Detroit business are failing or leaving entirely. The local economy is completely in the tank. It leads the nation in crime rates. It takes homes an average of 50 months to sell (in the freep yesterday). and the mayor is under criminal investigation for lying under oath.
And the future of detroit is giving up on their education. It seems there is little hope for the future of this desperate city.
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