Which of These Would Be Most Likely to Drop Out

question 104

Multiple Choice

Which of these would be most likely to drop out of high school in the U.S.?

• A) An African American male whose parents are doctors in Los Angeles
• B) An Chinese-American female whose parents own an ethnic restaurant in Bloomington, Indiana
• C) A White male from a working class family in Minneapolis
• D) A Hispanic male whose parents both work in minimum-wage jobs in Chicago
• E) An African-American female in the surburbs of Atlanta whose dad is a mechanic and whose mom is a nurse.

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