Is it really important to have a high school diploma?

Is it really important to have a high school diploma?

Shelbi Wilson (Teacher, Lincoln High School, Riverside, CA) gives expert video advice on: Is it really important to have a high school diploma? and more...

It is extremely important to have a High School diploma, because in our society today, ignorance is costing us a lot of money. And everybody thinks, "Oh, I don't want to go to school." A High School diploma simply says that you've met the minimal requirements to make you functional in our society, and this is far more important than someone forcing you to go to school, or forcing you to take classes. You need to be an educated person, so that you won't be taken advantage of in our society. Education costs us all money, including you. Being a high school dropout without a high school diploma will cost you money. It may cost you personally, or it may cost your family, your children, in lost health care benefits, or anything else. We can't afford and you can't afford not to have a high school diploma.