{"id":19534,"date":"2010-10-17T10:04:39","date_gmt":"2010-10-17T14:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wormholeriders.com\/blog\/?p=19534"},"modified":"2021-08-08T12:46:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-08T19:46:47","slug":"alt-press-expo-public-service-announcement-help-high-tech-high-reduce-school-drop-out-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wormholeriders.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/17\/alt-press-expo-public-service-announcement-help-high-tech-high-reduce-school-drop-out-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Alt Press Expo – Public Service Announcement: Help High Tech High Reduce School Drop Out Rates!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello alternative press and comic book fans,\"Click<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

During my first day at the Alternative Press Exposition<\/a> I explored the historic converted railway station now known as the Concourse Exhibition Center<\/a> in San Francisco reveling in the fact that the APE<\/a> convention had more than doubled in size over 2009! The convention is designed to spotlight the value of alternative press methodologies! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Click<\/a>During my journey I was drawn to a specific booth in the afternoon that fascinated me. I observed a booth with the title “High Tech High<\/a>“. I headed over to see if I could find out what High Tech High<\/strong> was doing at the Alt Press Expo<\/a>? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The nice people running the booth were from Chula Vista California, home of High Tech High in their area<\/a>. I then recalled \"Click<\/a>from memory my own years in high school when small class sizes were the norm and how fortunate I was in the 1960’s and 1970’s to receive a quality education before the economic realities of the twenty-first century have made such more difficult. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I immediately stopped my tour of the huge Concourse Exhibition Center facility to chat with this group. I discovered that High Tech High Chula Vista<\/a> was leveraging comic books as alternative press methodology to highlight a problem in many societies including the United States in general and many communities in California in specific. What problem? High School drop out rates! Why was I interested? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The reason is simple. In my own family I have a nephew who is about to enter High School but may not since he may fail middle school! The problem of educational drop out rates and failing students is a plague on our society which will haunt the failing students and their families in their lives for years, even decades to come! Worse, the cascading negative effects on our society are among the most devastating often leading to drug abuse and criminal youth activities!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

There are many reasons for the high school drop out failure rates, far too many to discuss here, but this subject, as mentioned, had special interest to me. I selected this editorial topic because I believe the general public has great interest in this subject as well and ask for your support. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>To that point, I had the privilege to discuss the matter with the High Tech High Chula Vista Team Leader Patrick Yurick<\/a> from Chula Vista California. High Tech High of Chula Vista<\/a> has created a special comic book “Nice Meeting You, Goodbye<\/a>” to raise awareness about this disturbing problem. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

While we all know that a college or university education may not be for everyone, a solid foundation in the basics, in being articulate, being well read, and being able to understand mathematics to help young people be prepared in the real world is a must. We include an interview (below) by the High Tech High Chula Vista Team <\/strong>for your edification and enjoyment. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> The date quoted in the interview for So-Cal Comic-Con<\/a> is incorrect. So-Cal Comic-Con is on Saturday November 06, 2010<\/strong>, not November 09, 2010!
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