the deadly truth

Happy Child, Great Career and a

Promising Future

The reality about your child’s future, might

shock you!

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• Your child’s chances of survival in this new economy

• The deadly truth about your child’s future

• How your child is at risk

• How you can prevent these risks

• Solutions on how to change your child’s future

• A word from our sponsor

The New Economy

• The economy is going through the most drastic change in 60 years

• Not a phase or a trend but a new way of life

• Your family, child’s career and future…are ALL at risk

What is this new economy?

• The age of a SURE income or job after high school is over

• More businesses are outsourcing

• Employers now have the choice to select the best candidate for a job from anywhere in the world

• Your child might be left UNEMPLOYED

What is currently happening?

• Unemployment rates for high school graduates has INCREASED from 17.5% in 2007 to 29.9% in 2012

• Underemployment rates

for high school graduates has INCREASED from 29.4% in 2007 to 51.5% in 2012

51.5%

21.9% 29.4%

17.5%

Source: Economic Policy Institute

What about the dropouts?

30% of the Unemployed are High School Dropout

30%

It gets worst...

According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice • 56% of federal inmates are

dropouts • 67% of state inmates are

dropouts • 69% of local jail inmates are

dropouts

Crime committed by prisoners

• 1 violent crime every 22 seconds • 1 robbery every 1.3 minutes • 1 rape every 5.8 minutes • 1 murder every 34 minutes

Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1996 FBI Uniform Crime Report 2000

Who do criminals ATTACK?

• Women and girls are usually raped or assaulted

• The Elderly is usually robbed,

assaulted or murdered

• Men are usually robbed, assaulted or murdered

Should you be worried?

Should you worried about your child dropping out of high school?

The answer is YES.

Dropout Breakdown…

• 1.3 million high school students dropout per year

• 3,562 students drop out per day

• 148 students drop out per hour

• 3 students drop out per minute

Source: Education Week

Is your child at risk?

There is a high possibility

that your child might commit

a crime and end up in prison

if they dropout of high

school.

More about dropouts…

• Dropouts are 20 times more likely to end up in prison or jail than a college graduate.

(Sum, Khatiwada, & McLaughlin, 2009)

• Earnings for students who quit school continue to decline: in 1971, male dropouts earned an estimated $37,087, which decreased by 35% to $23,902 in 2002.

(Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education)

Summary so far…

• 30% of dropouts are UNEMPLOYED. • Dropouts are 20 times more likely to

end up in prison or jail than a

college school graduate. (Sum, Khatiwada, & McLaughlin, 2009)

• Dropouts who commit crime, hurt people like you and me. They also hurt innocent people like children .

• 1.3 million high school students dropout per year.

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Is your family at risk?

What would happen to your family if your child drops out and become a criminal?


Did you know?

Failure in Algebra is the #1 trigger of dropouts in high school (Helfand,

2007)

Yes it starts within the classroom.

More information

• 70% of students who don’t pass Algebra by the 9th grade drop out.

(The California Dropout Research Project, 2008 )

• There is a clear link between Dropping out and Algebra


Students Performance in Algebra

61% of First Time Algebra students receive D or F. After repeating Algebra 75% receive F.

Reminder

• 1.3 million high school students dropout per year.

• 3,562 students drop out per

day. • 148 students drop out per

hour. • 3 students drop out per

minute . Source: Education Week

How did your child perform?

What was your child’s grade in Algebra?


Not “IF” but “WHEN”

• Clearly your child is at risk of dropping out.

• Statistically, it is not a question of “IF” your child will drop out but “WHEN”.


What are your options?

Give up on your child Do nothing Find out more about why your child is failing Algebra Get a plan

Why do kids fail?

• Most children fail because of Math Anxiety.

• Math Anxiety is when a

child has a fear of math

• It interferes with your child’s mind and prevents them from concentrating in math classes.

Math Anxiety

• Makes your child believe that they are incapable of doing math

• Causes your child to have negative attitudes towards math

• Creates fear of answering question in class incorrectly

Math Anxiety

• Causes your child to worry about what their peers will say if they give a wrong answer

• Makes your child unable to sit and focus in math classes

• Makes your child feel embarrassed and frustrated

More Information

• If a child has Math Anxiety it is also more likely that he/she might have Test and Social anxiety as well. (Perina, 2002)

• Students who have Math Anxiety are less likely to continue working on a problem if they fail to understand it the first time

Source: Liberty University

When does the symptoms start?

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