CAUSES OF SCHOOL FALURE

Every year more than 300,000 students fail out of college in the United States. The impact of college failure can damage a person’s self-esteem, which consequently can influence his or her entire lifetime. Many college students are oblivious to the many obvious causes of failure. Some causes of failure are the lack of high school preparation, the increase of personal freedom and the lack of determination.
One cause of failure in college students is the lack of high school preparation. One reason for poor high school preparation is the low educational standards set for a high school diploma. A student may struggle in college because of his or her educational background does not meet the academic demands of the college in which he or she attends. Many students are placed in remedial programs to make up for the lack of effort put forth in high school. Another reason for poor high school preparation is that teachers did not teach students how to evaluate their own work. In h...