Dropping out?

[Scourge]

Fuckin' slackers.

[zeeko]

okay here's the wisdom from the third year undergrad.

finish high school. Like the people above said, it can be difficult to get certain jobs/go to college without a diploma. If anything, take the easiest path to graduation. It really isn't that hard. Go to your classes, get C's. With your spare time, do what you want. I would highly suggest brainstorming interesting ideas about what to do after you graduate.

Graduate high school. You don't have to go to college right away. After two years at a pretty decent private college, I took a semester off and eventually decided to transfer to a massive state school and completely change my major. I wouldn't want to do it over again, but my advice to you is... If You're fucking clueless about what you want to do, don't go to college. There are way too many people here who are wasting their time here on heavy drinking and facebook. Every year you spend here costs $$$$$ and at the beginning of every year, you find that your choices for majors grows ever smaller, whether you want it to or not.

Don't live at home if you decide not to go to college. Go do something interesting. Don't live at home. Get the fuck out of Dodge, ditch your friends (they don't really matter) and see the world, or go to some random big city and do some sort of bitchwork job. Post-high school is a swell time and perhaps the best time for self-reflection. Figure yourself out, and do it at least 4 or 500 miles away from your relatives.

Just fucking graduate high school. I can almost guarantee there isn't something better you could be doing with your time when you're 16-19 years old.

[R00k]

Yep, finish. Depending on the reasons you're thinking about quitting, you can always just take the easiest classes until you're done, and when you aren't at school (and maybe even when you are), you can start working on a plan for what you want to do later.

Like zeek said, don't bother going to college immediately if you don't know what you want to do with it yet. But, if it some point you do want to go to college, you'll probably regret not finishing high school.

My first year and a half in high school seemed like a lot of wasted time to me too sometimes. Until I drifted away from the losers I was hanging out with and started to take advantage of the opportunities that were there.

If you quit school, you probably have a 1 in 20 chance of doing well afterwards. So why not finish, and at least have that safety net so you can get a job later?

[I cant spell u]

Well, the classes are boring and the teachers are shit. I will however admit that I lack the motivation to get my ass out and graduate (duh). I really don't have a specific goal set for myself, just a general idea. I do know that I don't want a two story house and a fancy pants car, just enough for myself to get by on. Regarding tnf's instant gratification idea, he's pretty much dead on, most of the students are only concerned with getting fucked up and won't put anything else into consideration besides themselves. I won't say that it doesn't apply to me aswell, but not as much as the majority. I actually happen to buy music....

The reason I've been considering dropping out was due to the fact that I've just missed so much school, I'm currently a sophomore when I should be a junior. The only point I see in graduating would be to land a job in corporate businesses and working for someone else, which I really don't want to do. I have been working at good grades, but as I said I'm behind as it is.

I can't really say that I have an extraordinary talents or a sharp intellect as I leave that up to others to decide, but according to some the userbase here I guess I'm a moran for considering dropping out.


To be honest the only thing I want to do with my life right now is just leave home and travel.

[HM-PuFFNSTuFF]

I left school at 15,

This may explain a lot.

[Peenyuh]

A h.s. diploma is a safety net that isn't quite the all-powerful instument society would like you to believe. However, it is one of many safety nets that may make a difference should you have a run of bad luck. I've lived comfortably....and I've had some bad breaks. I can honestly say that the diploma can be a deal breaker if things are tight enough in the job market. I have one Daughter that has a diploma and one Daughter that dropped out and got her GED. The one that has the diploma has had two jobs. She's applied for exactly two jobs. The Daughter with the GED hasn't been as successful. After six month of two or three apps a day, she's had nothing but temp jobs. And she IS trying.

It'll make some things a touch easier. In the real world, you need every advantage you can get. No matter how insignificant it may seem now, it could be a critical thing someday.

[scared?]

a college diploma isn't a safety net anymore...

[Nightshade]

Well, the classes are boring and the teachers are shit. I will however admit that I lack the motivation to get my ass out and graduate (duh). I really don't have a specific goal set for myself, just a general idea. I do know that I don't want a two story house and a fancy pants car, just enough for myself to get by on. Regarding tnf's instant gratification idea, he's pretty much dead on, most of the students are only concerned with getting fucked up and won't put anything else into consideration besides themselves. I won't say that it doesn't apply to me aswell, but not as much as the majority. I actually happen to buy music....

The reason I've been considering dropping out was due to the fact that I've just missed so much school, I'm currently a sophomore when I should be a junior. The only point I see in graduating would be to land a job in corporate businesses and working for someone else, which I really don't want to do. I have been working at good grades, but as I said I'm behind as it is.

I can't really say that I have an extraordinary talents or a sharp intellect as I leave that up to others to decide, but according to some the userbase here I guess I'm a moran for considering dropping out.


To be honest the only thing I want to do with my life right now is just leave home and travel.

You're not past the point of no return by any means. It may not be fun to gut it out and finish, but you should try. Have you though about attending an alternative school? As I said, one of my big problems was being bored shitless and not at all challenged. Not everyone learns the same way and public high schools have to cater to the mainstream (read:dumbfucks). If there are any schools in the area with an alternative curriculum, look into transferring. Do you have any teachers that aren't total morons? If so, talk to them, tell them what's going on. That's what they're there for, let them try to help.
Look, I was faced with the easy, BORING, and guaranteed path of going into the family business. I come from a family of electrical contractors and electricians and it was a sure thing for me to have a steady job and make good money. I said FUCK THAT because it didn't interest me in the slightest. If you're not interested in the standard school->job->marriage->kids->death path, then find another way. But education is something that no one can ever take away from you and can only help in the long run.

[Nightshade]

a college diploma isn't a safety net anymore...

No shit, you had to marry a chick with money.

[HM-PuFFNSTuFF]

Nightshade is correct.

[ek]

I left school at 15,

This may explain a lot.

[Massive Quasars]

Zeek is probably closest to you in age and personality, his life experience might be something to reflect on.

[AmIdYfReAk]

Stick with it..

[Survivor]

Tough high school out at least. I finished a double diploma probably more bored than you did. Then I went to a technical university to study electrotechnical engineering, which I thought I would find interesting, and quit because I found out it just wasn't what i wanted. The fact that I had such a wide diploma allowed me to start another education, currently studying in an economics faculty. Or if worst would have come to worst, at least get into a learner job which would have provided me with more diplomas as I worked. Just tough this one out, it is really worth it.

[Fender]

The world needs ditch diggers too, Danny.

[vileliquid1026]

It's highschool... Not at all difficult. If you are having a hard time with highschool then you probably won't be able to make it without the education.

[Κracus]

lol, I'm about as stupid as it get's on these forums and I graduated from high school. Dropping out is like failing at life, at least you'll know early on you've failed. Might as well kill yourself now.

[GONNAFISTYA]

Or do bidness in clubs.

And you're right, you are as stupid as it get's.

You're living proof that graduating high school means fuck all.

[Mogul]

To be honest the only thing I want to do with my life right now is just leave home and travel.

OK. Trust me on this dude. That's not going to work. You may be behind, but figure something out; you will make it. It may seem like the biggest hurdle in the universe right now, but believe me when I say things are not so bad, and they could be far worse.

Just stick with it, and you'll be out in no time. You said yourself that you work towards good grades, right? That's more than enough to make it through high school.

[obsidian]

Don't you have any fond thoughts of high school? I mean, I look back and I think bleh... homework, studying, tests, exams, those were the things I found myself hating and stressing over, but I also look back and remember all the fun I had just hanging out with friends, being on sports teams and having secretly installed Quake over the network on every computer in the lab for lunchtime deathmatches when we told the teachers we were going to work on our homework (not to give you any ideas or anything).

There were teachers I hated, but there were also those teachers who were really great and focused and were truly there to help you (TnF reminds me of those teachers) so let them help you. There were classes I hated (math) and classes I loved (all the sciences). When I look back and think what if I had left, I think I would have missed out on a lot of my life experiences that I value to this day.

The only point I see in graduating would be to land a job in corporate businesses and working for someone else, which I really don't want to do.

Who said that that was the only direction you need to head to after graduating? If anything, I think going through high school taught me more about myself than anywhere else. I've learned what my interests and strong points are since I took a wide variety of courses. It let me experiment with my interests and gave me an idea of what I want to do. High school won't ever dictate exactly what will happen to you after you graduate, it won't point you exactly into any particular direction, but it will point you to yourself so you know what to look for as you stumble your way though life.

[Ryoki]

Do it, i heard the Marines are looking for people. What good is an education when you can travel to exotic places and get paid for it?

[The_Leo]

In regards to you wanting to travel. I seriously suggest you check this movie/documentary out. It is called "A Map for Saturday". It reveals a world of long-term (1+ year trip around the earth), solo travel through the stories of trekkers on four continents.

http://www.amapforsaturday.com/trailer.html

Absolutely amazing movie, a real eye opener.

[ek]

Do it, i heard the Marines are looking for people. What good is an education when you can travel to exotic places and get paid for it?

Smart ass

[Deji]

I'd say stay in high school. Formal education means nothing if you already have an established image in your field and either your name or your projects speak for themselves, but it's hard to get a good job in the first place if you have no experience and no education.

[Cooldown]

Have you talked to your parents? Would your parents care?