School Survival

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Successful high school dropouts

This list used to be on Wikipedia, but it was deleted. So I've decided to put it up here. It's probably outdated though, and is by no means a complete list, but it's something anyway. Also, if you're considering dropping out, you may find this page useful.

This list of secondary school dropouts consists of noteworthy people who left high school, or an equivalent institution, without having graduated. It does not include those who never attended a secondary school to begin with, and so excludes all individuals who lived prior to the first implementations of the concept of secondary education at the end of the 18th century. It does include students who were expelled, rather than dropping out voluntarily, and it also includes those who dropped out but later re-enrolled and graduated, or received an honorary diploma later in life.

As secondary education has become dramatically more common over the years, the number of secondary school dropouts has increased as well. Additionally, failure to graduate has become much more noteworthy and stigmatizing in the eyes of many than it was in the 19th and early 20th centuries, although there are a number of dropouts who nevertheless later went on to become successful in a variety of fields.

Although secondary schools in different countries have a number of significant differences, there are enough similarities for some grouping to be possible. Most secondary schools begin in 7th grade at the earliest, and end in 12th grade at the latest, though there are exceptions. Secondary school is also mandatory until a certain age (usually between 15 and 18) in most countries, unlike higher education institutions, which as a result have fewer attendees and fewer college dropouts. Secondary school dropouts have also become much more common than primary school dropouts, though in the past it was not unusual to receive only a few years of formal education at best.

British secondary school drop outs are those who left school without any qualifications or those who left before the age of 16. In the UK school system, pupils do not "graduate," nor do they receive degrees; only university students can graduate and obtain degrees.

Contents

  1. Actors and models
  2. Authors, poets, and playwrights
  3. Business leaders and entrepreneurs
  4. Comedians
  5. Film directors
  6. Musicians, singers, and composers
  7. News anchors, journalists, and reporters
  8. Politicians, socialites, and royalty
  9. Scientists and inventors
  10. Sports players
  11. Uncategorized

Actors and models

Artists

Authors, poets, and playwrights

Business leaders and entrepreneurs

Comedians

Film directors

Musicians, singers, and composers

News anchors, journalists, and reporters

Politicians, socialites, and royalty

Scientists and inventors

Sports players

Uncategorized

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