High school teacher here. What happens to them after high school- the students who don't lift a finger? I'm talking about the do-nothings, the non-achievers, the ones less motivated than the recently deceased. Where do they actually end up?

High school teacher here; have been for 17 years now. I live a few cities over from where I work, and so I don't get to observe which kids leave town, which stay, and generally what becomes of everyone after they grow up. I imagine, though, that everyone is doing about as well as I could reasonably expect.

Except for one group: the kids that never even get started.

What happens to them? I'm talking about the do-nothings, the non-achievers, the ones less motivated than the recently deceased. What awaits them in life beyond high school?

I've got one in my Senior class that I've watched do shit-all for three years. I don't know his full story, nor do I wish ill on him, but I have to wonder: what's next for him? What's the ultimate destination?