Summary of Dropout Information
All five students described above were enrolled in the first half of the semester, attended regularly or sporadically initially, but no longer attended classes in the last four weeks of the semester. All five were under forty and First Nations and all but one were men.

Five Who Attended Sporadically

There were five students, Dave, Gil, Darshan, Savita and Vanessa, who attended sporadically. They attended infrequently and inconsistently, but they were still attending in the last four weeks of the semester. I did not interview most of these students largely because they were often not available; I was able to interview Vanessa. Consequently, I have less information to present for these five students.

Dave

Background Information
Dave was a Canadian born white man who appeared to be in his early thirties. He did not seem to have family members or friends at the college. According to Kit he lived outside of the Dover community and drove along the highway for about twenty minutes to get to school. When Dave was in class, he was usually talkative.

Attendance Information
Although he attended sporadically, when he returned to the class, it was as though he had never been away. After one prolonged absence, Dave entered class saying, "I'm living again, I'm living again." He complained that a lengthy bout of the flu had kept him away. Dave's recorded attendance comprised over a third of the semester. He was still attending in June, the final month of the semester.