The document discusses the importance and value of education. It notes that those who drop out of high school will earn $260,000 less over their career and are more likely to be in jail or unemployed. The dropout rate nationwide is 25%, with 7,000 students dropping out daily. Staying in school and continuing one's education expands opportunities and lifts limitations. Education is a path to success and it is important to encourage students to stay in school.

2.  The value of a good education is one that
cannot be replaced.
 A good education helps fight poverty.
 An education expands opportunities and
chances for future employment.
 A valuable education teaches beneficial skills
that will be used in everyday life.
 A professional degree lifts any limitations, and
allows you to live the life of your desire.

3.  Those who drop out of school, earn $260,000
less than graduates over the course of their
careers. (BoostUp, 2011).
 Missing 2 days of school each month can put
students at risk of dropping out, even as early
as middle school.
 Nationwide, about 7,000 students drop out of
high school every school day. (BoostUp, 2011).
 The current dropout rate is 25% Nationwide.

4.  High school graduates are 8 times less likely to
go to jail. (BoostUp, 2011).
 The best way to encourage a student to stay in
school is to do whatever you think may help
them. There is no right or wrong way to offer
advice.
 It is never too early to offer words of
encouragement to students.
 High school graduates are 7 times more likely
to own their own homes. (BoostUp, 2011).

5.  Let us never be betrayed into saying we have
finished our education; because that would
mean we had stopped growing. - Julia H.
Gulliver.
 I am still learning. – Michelangelo.
 Learning is like rowing upstream: not to
advance is to drop back. - Chinese Saying.
 What sculpture is to a block of marble,
education is to the human soul. - Joseph
Addison. (Inspirational Quotes, 2012).

7.  From the time you begin grade school, you are
on the path to success.
 It is important to stay in school and always
give your best in order to stay on this path to
success.
 There are no limits when you put everything
you can into your work. Before you know
it, you will be accepting that degree and off to
college. After all, you are the future.
 What you choose to make of your future, is in
your hands, starting with your education.

9.  BoostUp. (2011). Retrieved from
http://boostup.org/en
 Inspirational Quotes. (2012). Retrieved from
http://www.inspirational-quotes.info/