1 & 2: Yet the high school dropput rate remains insane... Hmm...

It likely would not bother me if they dropped out to go work, get ahead on work experience, pick up a forklift certificate, and so on. Or even to take care of sick or wounded family, I can respect that.

However, throwing it away because "its a waste of time", typically then followed up with games, weed, and fucking... :gray Sowing the seeds for one's own destruction.

3: Most private schools in most countries take some form or government subsidy to lower tuition cost, especially if they are small, specialized, or religious.

Atop this, presumable, one's [I]parents[/I] had to pay for that extra cost. That makes it worse, not better! D: