West Virginia Law and Driving

The law passed in West Virginia in 1989 states that "although students may drop out of school at the age of sixteen, no dropout younger than eighteen can hold a driver's license" ( Barnet, 3-4) The West Virginia law was created to motivate kids to continue their education at least until they are eighteen. The fact that they can't get their license if they drop out of school gives kids a reason to stay in school. This …

…in reporting his thoughts on the West Virginia law ( 7) : "What is needed is not legal pressure to keep teenagers in school but schools that hold the interests of teenagers". Teachers are very important for this: they have the power to stimulate the imagination of their students in the subject they are teaching and make them quest for knowledge. Students of such teachers experience how fulfilling education can be and will want to continue their education.