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dropout

noun as in unconventional person

noun as in someone who gives up

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Gordon Hall, a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Oregon, explained that Asian Americans have high dropout rates after going to therapy.

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From Fortune 500 CEOs to college dropouts, everyone had a web-based business idea.

The get-tough approach still has proponents, but critics argued that it increased the number of dropouts while providing too little benefit.

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It had no more side effects or study dropouts than the placebo pill received by the control participants.

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“Look at the dropout rates. Look at the depths of despair. Look at the issues around loneliness. Look at every critical category. It’s just blinking red lights for young men.”

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