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Anyone here drop out of high school?
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Accipiter22
Banned
I was booorn a pooor black child
Zysoclaplem
Diamond Member
I dropped out of High School when I was younger. Moved to Galveston, and have been working full time ever since.
Everything I have I bought myself. I pay all my own bills, have my own place, my own car, and a job where I can get online. I got my GED and am putting myself through college. I have 0 help from my parents.
Everything I have I bought myself. I pay all my own bills, have my own place, my own car, and a job where I can get online. I got my GED and am putting myself through college. I have 0 help from my parents.
GhostDoggy
Senior member
I never went to highschool. I dropped out well before that opportunity ever came. Of course, it didn't stop me from going to college, buying my first house, and be fairly successful considering I'm not on welfare or making minimum wage. And I pay $190/month into the county's public school system, too.
SirChadwick
Diamond Member
You WILL be successfull with this kind of motivation. I had to put myself through college also as my parents didn't help out at all... but it has taught me so many lessons and I thank them for that.
HeroOfPellinor
Lifer
Bro-in-law dropped out. He's 28 and lives with his parents and works part time some of the time.
You can absolutely be a dropout and be successful......but you're bound to feel more trapped in whatever field you go into. Once you're at the workplace, whether or not you have a college degree is irrelevent compared to your performance.......but when switching careers it's a more daunting proposition without a degree.
You can absolutely be a dropout and be successful......but you're bound to feel more trapped in whatever field you go into. Once you're at the workplace, whether or not you have a college degree is irrelevent compared to your performance.......but when switching careers it's a more daunting proposition without a degree.
I am a high school dropout.
I'll have my B.A in 2008 and I hope to go on to get a MPSA in 2010, and a JD in 2013.
Im currently at a CC but will be at a major state university on a full ride in the fall.
I have had several scholastic achievements including a scientific publication, but also numerous academic awards.
Ive paid for everything myself, but thanks to the full ride, I'll graduate undergrad with $10-15k in debt whereas the norm for a state school is $30-40k.
I'll have my B.A in 2008 and I hope to go on to get a MPSA in 2010, and a JD in 2013.
Im currently at a CC but will be at a major state university on a full ride in the fall.
I have had several scholastic achievements including a scientific publication, but also numerous academic awards.
Ive paid for everything myself, but thanks to the full ride, I'll graduate undergrad with $10-15k in debt whereas the norm for a state school is $30-40k.
fustercluck
Diamond Member
I'm a drop out and i've got a one way ticket to loserville!
Well, not quite, i'm still quite young, I've never felt like i'm going to have money problems, i think i can always find a way to make enough money, it's just a matter of doing it and not being so lazy about it.
Well, not quite, i'm still quite young, I've never felt like i'm going to have money problems, i think i can always find a way to make enough money, it's just a matter of doing it and not being so lazy about it.
Zysoclaplem
Diamond Member
I don't thank them at all. They don't help me because they don't care. Not because they think it will teach me a lesson or because they can't. They did not care when I dropped out. They did not care when I moved, and they don't care that I am in college.
aircooled
Lifer
I dropped out in the 10th grade (16 years old).
Got my GED and worked in factories and other stuff for a while. Had a lucky break at a small manufacturing place I worked for and got away from the plant floor and into customer service.
Then I turned my computer hobby into a career by transferring into the IT dept (the boss said I reminded him of himself when he started in IT). I now have an MCSE and some other certs but absolutely no college. I'm sure I'd be doing better if I'd stayed in school but I'm doing okay.
Got my GED and worked in factories and other stuff for a while. Had a lucky break at a small manufacturing place I worked for and got away from the plant floor and into customer service.
Then I turned my computer hobby into a career by transferring into the IT dept (the boss said I reminded him of himself when he started in IT). I now have an MCSE and some other certs but absolutely no college. I'm sure I'd be doing better if I'd stayed in school but I'm doing okay.
Like I said, I think it can be done. Some people here have posted stories to that effect. My question is - if he doesn't have the motivation to finish H.S. where is he going to find the motivation and/or patience to work even harder to make it out in the real world. Not finishing H.S. stacks the deck against you.
Of the 4 dropouts I've heard of from my H.S. days 1 is dead from an overdose, 1 is in prison for armed robbery, 1 is in the Army in Iraq and one lives in a trailer at the back of his parents property and runs a small carpet cleaning business. I'm 36. I know there were alot more dropouts in my class - those are just the ones I've heard of. Probably because their stories are more notable then the others. Well, except for trailer guy who is a friend of a friend.
LeadMagnet
Platinum Member
yup
In states where you cannot drop out before you are 16 or 17, it's a complete waste NOT to finish. You came that far, you'd have to be a moron to quit. To be honest, it's only 4 years - I think you've got to be a moron to quit even in your freshman year. My mother-in-law's best friend is a bit of a screw-up, yet she once sagely told her daughters "If you can't even finish high school, you'll never be able to bring ANY long term project to completion."
That said, the standard educational track is not for everyone. If you have a plan for the future as an apprentice in a trade, or as an enterpreneur, then having that extra time could be beneficial.
The trouble is that it seems like most that drop-out do so because they want to be cool rebels, not because they have an actual plan for the future in mind (not even mentioning the maturity and discipline to follow it).
That said, the standard educational track is not for everyone. If you have a plan for the future as an apprentice in a trade, or as an enterpreneur, then having that extra time could be beneficial.
The trouble is that it seems like most that drop-out do so because they want to be cool rebels, not because they have an actual plan for the future in mind (not even mentioning the maturity and discipline to follow it).
Dr. Detroit
Diamond Member
Dropped out after my Jr year, HS was boring. I went to a community college to finish up and get my diploma, was there with pregant teens, toothless 50yr olds and kids that had punched out their principal.
I had a HS GPA over 3.5 so I breezed through their placement test for math/english and ende up taking 2 classes for my diploma. Personal finance (how to write a check) and US Govt. Basically we did nothing but study/debate the '92 presidential election that was going on.
So 6-weeks of class work and the diploma would be given to me in June. Went to classe from Sept 20 - Nov 7th or so.
I shipped out on Active Duty with the US Army on Jan 20th. Did 3yrs, created a family, came back and used my Army college fund money to get me through 4yrs of college and my BS Accoutning degree.
I spent 5yrs working for a Big 4 CPA firm and am now a a manager in the audit dept of a top 100 CPA firm. Everyone that knows me says that I am highly succesful.
I had a HS GPA over 3.5 so I breezed through their placement test for math/english and ende up taking 2 classes for my diploma. Personal finance (how to write a check) and US Govt. Basically we did nothing but study/debate the '92 presidential election that was going on.
So 6-weeks of class work and the diploma would be given to me in June. Went to classe from Sept 20 - Nov 7th or so.
I shipped out on Active Duty with the US Army on Jan 20th. Did 3yrs, created a family, came back and used my Army college fund money to get me through 4yrs of college and my BS Accoutning degree.
I spent 5yrs working for a Big 4 CPA firm and am now a a manager in the audit dept of a top 100 CPA firm. Everyone that knows me says that I am highly succesful.
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