English Composition I

Mr. Rojas
Carlos Manuel Tavarez

Contrasting Paragraph

In the Dominican Republic (DR) 85% of the population is educated. 

However, in the United States of America (USA) 99% of the population is
educated.  The literacy rate in the DR happens to be 87% this has to relate
to the dropout rate of 14%.  If the literacy rate is that low more people will
drop out because they cannot read.  Yet, in the USA the literacy rate it
99%, because of this the dropout rate is only 8.1% which is low compared
to the DR.  This does not make sense at all though because the DR has
twelve years of schooling compared to the USA which has thirteen years of
education.  The two places have very similar years of schooling; yet, have
such a difference in the education rate.  These two places are practically the
same in education; however, the USA is looking better because their
percentages in education are higher than the DR.  If I had the choice of the
two places for schooling I would rather attend the schools in America.