I'm a high school dropout. I'm one of those stupid statistics that say teenagers aren't going anywhere with their lives and rata rata rata. I was just wondering if there are other drop-outs around. If you did stick it out through high school, do you think it was worth it? Does your diploma really get you far in the world? If you dropped out, do you regret it? Or did you at least get your GED to make up for it?
2007-02-22 05:46:36 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Two years after dropping out of school I started attending Job Corps. It's a vocational school. So far, I've received my GED, tons of training in my vocation, and I'm working on getting my high school diploma through an online program. I want to attend college this fall for Medical Transcription and after that become a Medical Transcriptionist. (Good money.)
2007-02-22 10:19:58 · update #1
i stayed in school....a very good thing to do
and i'm an employer and won't consider hiring anyone without at least a HS degree...
stay in school...it really will affect your earning power in life
2007-02-22 05:49:46 · answer #1 · answered by an_articulate_soul 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Does he no longer think of he can grow to be an EE via fact he's dropped a pair of training, or while you evaluate that's no longer what he desires to do? If he's losing interest or disappointed together with his substantial, he could swap to a minimum of a few thing else. If he's having hardship with those particular training, he ought to evaluate a coach or ask the prof for extra help. 3.80 5 is an extraordinarily respectable GPA and not something to experience embarrassment approximately. the two way, he could stay at college - faster or later, he will choose that education to discover a impressive job and flow forward with a enterprise. Sticking with some thing that's no longer ordinary is powerful prepare for something of existence.
2016-11-25 00:09:35 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I graduated from high school in 2004, and now I will be graduating from college next month. I think that stay in school and graduating was the most important thing that I did, I mean what other obligations do you have as a teenager. Definitely not friends, yea there important but I mean this is the rest of your life. Will they be around when you can't get a job and don't have a place to live because you don't have any money, probably not. And if you think that the work is to hard, then maybe you were right because High School is a piece of cake compared to college. There were times when I wanted to drop everything and leave but I didn't and that's why I feel that I am where I am. Because I was not willing to give up on myself and I think that If you still can finish school you shouldn't give up on your self.
2007-02-22 05:54:14 · answer #3 · answered by Francisco R 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I did drop out, I did not get my ged. I did get married when i was 16 and had my first child not long after.
My husband and i have done alot sence then.
When I was 16 we bought a car, When I was 17 we bought a house (he was 19), when I was 20 we bought a truck, when I was 22 we bought a harley, last year we sold our house and bought a new one.
I now live in a large house, Have a truck and car that is payed for, The tuck is a POS and does not work right now but its getting fixed the car is in great shape, A nice harley, 2 dogs (boston and pug) a cat, and a Nice family.
just becase you dont finish school does not mean you cant do something with your life.
No my family didnt pay for anyof it, Every dime put into our house, car, truck, and bike came from us not our family.
I dont have millions but im well off, happy, and didnt finish school.
2007-02-22 06:08:01 · answer #4 · answered by monkeyeatbutt@sbcglobal.net 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I should have dropped out , my dad got sick when I was 17 . He had cancer and I thought about dropping out. I didn't though. I could have gotten a GED and gone to college much sooner though if I had dropped out. I felt like wasted 2 years of my life by staying in high school.
2007-02-22 05:50:54 · answer #5 · answered by primamaria04 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
2 of my 3 kids dropped out and got their GED's both of them are doing great. They both had long term plans of what they wanted to do and they went for it. The one that graduated has spent the last 5 years living in in the college town where most of his high school freinds are attending school, but he has spent 5 years living the starving students life with out acctually going to school. Working min. wage jobs by day partying by night.
High School is not for everyone. It's just a set of steps in life. if you choose to skip the last step and jump up good for you. It's the kids that fall off the stairs altogether that the statistics try to portray. Make a plan of where you want to go in your life and move forward. Most Jr. or Community Colleges, and all branches of the military will accept a GED. I know people who are CEO's of million dollar companies, a Judge on the State Appeals Court and even a State Represetative that got their GED's. I also know people with masters degree's who cann't get a job, because they are over qualified.
2007-02-22 06:07:37 · answer #6 · answered by j.m.glass 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I graduated in 1995 and sometimes wish I was still in high school. Life comes at you fast.
As far as does the diploma help, I'd have to say yes because the military didn't accept people with GEDs when I enlisted.
2007-02-22 05:50:53 · answer #7 · answered by michaelyoung_airforce 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
One of my sisters and both of my nieces left home before finishing high school. My sister and one of my nieces stayed in high school anyway, and graduated on time. My other niece dropped out. Th sister worked in restaurant kitchens for a number of years, eventually becoming a manager of kitchens, then went to college about ten years later and got a business degree, and now has a civil service job. The niece who left home lived with a teacher for the last term of high school, babysitting to earn her room and board, and graduated on time. She now has her own apartment and has been working for several years, first in restaurants, then for an insurance office. She has finally landed a financial aid pkg. that will let her start college this fall, at age 21. The niece who dropped out has an unreliable husband, a baby, and lives in a trailer park with no running water and no phone. She has only been able to work sporadically, and mostly waitressing which is below minimum wage and depends on tips. We have had some discussions in my family about this topic, and our general advice is this: High school is free, paid for by the taxpayer. Get as much school as you can get while it is still free, because later on, YOU will have to pay for it. I know a lot of people who wished they had more education. I don't know anybody who wishes for less. GET IT WHILE IT'S FREE!
2007-02-22 06:02:06 · answer #8 · answered by Maria E. 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I finished but dropped out of college. If you don't need the paper, it's nice to get yourself out of the prison environment for sure. I know lightly homeschooled kids who are better off than many who went through school.
2007-02-22 05:50:46 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I stuck it out and also got a college education. There is not many high paying jobs if you only have a high school diploma. High School prepares you for college. If I was you I would get my GED and go to college, it is never to late.
2007-02-22 05:50:12 · answer #10 · answered by schell_75 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I stuck it out through HS, but then dropped out of college. It doesn't matter though, because I've got a good job with good pay now.
2007-02-22 05:50:03 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋