Wow...
 

I was watching the news earlier, and they were talking about diploma rates, basically which cities have the lowest rates of students graduating.

Detroit, a city near by, has a graduation rate less than 25% O.O

Thats... sad.

Rofl. Its not surprising.

You know whats ironic? My parents wanted to move me here to Michigan.. so I could get a better established education... in Detroit.

Oh yeah, also so I could live in a safer city.

Yeah...

Wha? Sorry, thats one of the dumbest things I've ever heard...err...read.

From what I've read, Detroit is one of the most dangerous cities in the country.

It is xD

I think they were just trying to make me think optimistically about moving to Michigan. I never wanted to move.

MI is like in the top 3 or 5 for worst economy...

I know D: It took my dad 4 months to find a job here. He did everything. Drove around, checked the newspaper, used the internet. I couldn't find a job, but my family needed me anyways. My mom managed to settle for a job that was totally out of the norm for her.

In VA, my dad was a coroner, my mom worked for customer service for a tactical gear company.

Here, my dad is a chimney sweep, and my mom is a special education teacher assistant.

Eh? Yeah michigan sounds fun!

/sarcasm

Not trying to discriminate, but that seems high... o.o

So... 1 out of 4 students in Detroit is going to graduate. Ugh, those odds are so scary.

Where did u live before Yosei?

Virginia.

I've gone to Detroit Michigan for a trak meet once...and it was one of the most dirtyest places I've seen...

There is this new huge casino there to attract more visitors but from what I saw, I dont ever want to go back there again. I saw alot of crackheads walking around and men with mask.

I dare not get out of the car >.<

lol and i thought vancouver was bad

Are you joking...? O____O

Come to America! xD D.C. and Detroit are the worst places. Compton, too.

Huntsville Alabama is ballin......COME, come here ^_^

I've seen news reports on schools with low graduation rates. They're called "Dropout Factories". No offense to anyone, but I heard there were alot of these drop out factories in Florida.

I dunno what the graduation rate was for my high school. I think we had 425 graduate, and we started off with like 700something freshmen year.

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Lol, when i go to the statese i try
and avoid those places, though i have drove through compton lol.
frightening place that is.

Dearborn is turning into Detroit. Slowly but surely{?}

Thats where I was born.

I lived there for a while.

Omglolwtf, last time I was in Compton, I was wearing all red and didn't notice.

LOL. Ok, back to the car..!!

Lol hyper, you must be a straigh up gangster then, cuz i hang
around with some " hard " people and compton was a little
frightening. LMAO>

Ewww, no gangster...

I have only one red shirt, and one red pair of pants (NOT jersey shorts. EW.), and I just happened to be wearing them both on that day. I went into the gas station for a candy bar/soda, and it was like the scariest thing ever.

But the University of Michigan is very well regarded.

Yeahh. It is. I think Sec is going to be going there.

Yep...That's where I'll be next year. I can't wait!!!! I want out of high school already.

Yeah, Detroit is pretty bad. Ever since the race riots of the 60's, the city has been a dump heap. There are still burned out buildings that were never dealt with from those riots. Yeah, its that bad. Boarded up buildings next to skyscrapers and empty lots full of trash next to parks. I'm not exaggerating. It is that bad in some places. Not to mention the mayor and his chief of Staff are now facing charges of Purgery and Obstruction of Justice as well.

As you can tell, It is a wonderful city, and I'm so glad I live in the Ann Arbor Area!

I live between Detroit and Flint =/

both of which suck

LMAO! Flint!!

Y'know, Semi-Pro! xD Good movie. A bit too raunchy, though.

GUH! I can't stand any of Will Ferrel's movies

xD and theres nothing in between.

Ann Arbor...Kinda...but not really

I heard Ann Arbor was a good retirement town on Nightline or something like that. @.@

o.o

The Time Detective? : /