Because of his successful life, Steve Jobs was invited to give the commencement speech at Stanford University in 2005. However, Jobs did not graduate from high school. Furthermore, he dropped out of Reed Collage because the college did not suit his life perspective and he also lacked the tuition costs for his studies (news.rapgenius.com). Jobs is just one example of people who didn't graduate from college. In the real world, people have many reasons why they drop out of school. Students leave school, even if they don't graduate, because of financial aid, student interests, and crime. The first major reason students drop out of school is tuition costs. In high schools and lower schools, most schools are government-funded, so parents don't put much into budgeting for their children. In higher education, however, parents have to pay tuition. This is a painful problem for a poor family. In poor families the salary is low. Every single dollar is worth for them to survive as homeless. It's better for them to have money for food than to go to college because fo...