In students’ stories, no easy answer to education crisis 

By Sharon Noguchi, Mercury News, July 31, 2008 

Gavin Neves needed a job. A Broadway High School student felt threatened in class. Margarita Craig got pregnant.  

California high school students who drop out believe there's a good reason to leave school. Even in complicated circumstances, the trigger point can often be summed up in one word. Fear. Poverty. Boredom. Failure. Addiction.