Marine training and the Dropout Crisis

When I was training as a US Marine officer in Quantico, Virginia in the mid-1980s, our instructors imparted a lesson that, while culturally characteristic of that fighting organization, has stuck with me to this day. When faced with almost any sort of a tactical or operational challenge, the answer is to attack. And not just point at the enemy and shoot, but aggressively attack with a vengeance and an uncompromising spirit. We need to bring that same ethos to bear on the dropout epidemic. Attack, attack and attack again. This bias for action must define our respond or we will lose another generation while we study, dither and debate.