High School dropouts.

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My dad dropped out, actually my dad and his brother and sister all dropped out.

They all regret it, my dad is now a carpenter and totally regrets it even though he went to university for a BA.

He said he was kicked out because he "wasn't benifitting from the education" in other words he kept skipping and toking up with friends. But he strongly urges me not to drop out, he said it was the worst mistake of his life.

 

Back in my parents day you could drop out of highschool and still be succesfull.

Things have changes, it's not the same anymore. If people arounf my age drop out now they'll be liveing on the streets..... Oh how fun.

 

I considered dropping out - and with the grades I got in highschool (slacking), it probably wouldn't have made that much of a difference =/

I have one drop out friend that is pretty successful. Everyone else I know that dropped out is not very happy with their decision at all.
If you have a sure plan and the ability to execute it, it can be an okay idea; otherwise it's best to stay safe.

 

It ain't so long ago in finnland when you had only learn to read and write
But now almost evryone goes in high schoo

 

I dropped out because the obligatory education system in most parts of america is extremely fucked up.

Afterward, I pursued the idea of becoming an audio engineer, which is what I do for money and for play.

School is a waste of time. I got my GED. Woohoo.

 

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Why did you drop out?
I dropped out because I was lazy and a lot of my friends had either dropped out or graduated or went to another school


What did you do afterwards?
layed around for a couple of weeks. went to night school and finished over a years worth of credits in three months.

Are you doing well now?
I make more money than all of my friends who are in college, but I obviously know that to make real money I gotta go back to school - so I'm going to community college in the fall

Do you regret dropping out?
hell no. don't think I would have gotten my degree if I didn't drop out. however if I could go back in time, I would have just gotten it right from day one.

 

I will never regret it.
I will never force my children to go thru it.
I've learned so much since I dropped out when I was 17.
For what I do, I make good money and I don't need a stupid diploma.

I feel bad for everyone who feels obligated to go to school. It's a sham.

Sure, some school is great.
If you're into that kind of thing
then go for it.

If school happens to drive you literally insane,
then find something better to do.

 

I left high school a few months ago. Instead of "drop out" I consider myself a "rise out," a self-directed learner, an unschooler. Leaving school was the best decision I've made for myself to date. I was so bored at school... in between four white walls for 6 hours a day, being constantly told what to do, witnessing the school system put arbitrary pressures upon my peers and even close friends and making them turn into monsters - cheating, depriving themselves of sleep, sucking up - just to get good grades.... The public school in my town was considered one of the best in the state, and among the best in the country, but it was such an unhealthy environment.

Afterwards? Well, now I'm a happy unschooler. I teach myself everything, and when I need help, I seek it out. I don't need anyone to tell me what to study, I let my interests and passions naturally grow. I read, explore, write, draw, paint, jump into huge random projects, ruminate, garden, rollerblade, etc. I also take a couple of classes at a local community college, and all without a diploma or a GED.

I'm doing better than I ever have before in my life. I'm independent and free! I learn so much, and I'm always busy with something or other. Not having to conform to standards forced upon me by authority figures is doing wonders for my psyche. I'm enjoying the world and doing what I love, and even earning a little college credit on the side for kicks!

Regret leaving school? Never. I almost regret all the pointless days I've spent watching the clock, waiting for the bell to ring - but then I remember that it brought me to where I am today, and I wouldn't trade this for anything.

Take care!

 

I believe it can be your best decision ever, or the worst decision every.

It depends on your reasoning i believe. If it is out of pure laziness, and you really have no direction in your life outside of school then i would jsut suggest staying in it.. your 17, just a year to go anyways. I have a friend, who was a senior this year. and one month ago (two months before his last days of school) he dropped out.

You should check out if where you live they offer a virtual school. In other words... its just like being homeschooled, all your classes are online, and you work around your own schedule and time. Slove had it right on the dot. I sit in closed box 4 days a week staring at walls restricted from using the bathroom more than a few times a week per class, obviously using cell phones and other electronics,, etc etc etc all the gay facist oppression that the school systems put on their students. i go to the "top" school in the state. 8 hour days from 7-3. but i go 4 days a week.

What ever, i am doing virtual school next year. i cannot see myself sitting in a classroom for one more day beyond the last day of school. i cant believe i sit in school for 8 hours a day getting the amount of work done that i can do on my own in an hour.

If you have direction and are self motivated. then fuck school. But have a plan.

 

About six months ago I was in the process of dropping out of school and getting my GED at a community college. (senior year) But then I realized how close I was to graduation and how I been in school almost my whole life to someday get a diploma, thats when i decided just to suck it up the rest of the year. your soo close to it being over. I graduate next week and it makes me feel pretty good that i actually did it..but hey if you got plans after ..do it you can be successful if you want to be.

 

I kind of agree with that. It's much harder to make a living nowadays, because employers are less willing to train or hire apprentices, and it's illegal for younger teens to work.

I dropped out of school. Not officially though.
I was homeschooled and I started fucking around in the 9th, 10th grade. I hated school and only did the subjects I liked most of the time. I would procrastinate on math and other stuff I didn't like. My mother was not the best teacher. I really liked Kindergarten and 1st - 3rd grade (my mom took two years of early childhood education), but after that I don't think she was qualified to teach us.
It was mostly my fault in not applying myself though, and I know it wasn't right, but all in all I turned out pretty well. I took the GED in '05 and passed.

I really don't think it would have made much difference if I had graduated, because I honestly don't want to be a part of the drone work force.
I've found other ways to make money.
I'm not saying I'm successful though... I'm just living my life. I don't think it's possible for me to be successful, at least not in this point in my life or even in this world. If I can get all my books written and published, then I will consider myself a success.

 

I was going to drop out last year. I think it was just out of being impatient more than anything... i just wanted to get high school over with. I got good grades and everything, I was just sick of it. The only thing that really kept me from dropping out was my Spanish classes. I wanted to finish learning Spanish so that I could travel more. Its alot harder to learn a language on your own. Now I am glad that I decided to stick with school, Im a big nerd and I love to learn. Im just now a big fan of homework and tests and waking up at 5:30 every weekday morning.

 

i'm an unschooler too. i did not dropout physically. my parents forced me through school. i was sick all the time i vomited in classes alot, spent one hell of alot of time on the tiolet shitting during classes. i was drunk most of the time at school... numbed the pain of being in the awful place. i self-harmed alot by burning and cutting myself. the doctors told my parents school was killing me and, i must dropout to stop from dying. my parents just said i was faking and, i just needed to grow up and act like a man. the principle of the school played with my recored and i got my deploma at the end of my jounor year. the drinking, self-harming, sickness etc. all stop within a few months after i was un-offically expelled from school. my grades where allmost all c's, d's and f's in school.

i went to one of the local community colleges and, my grades shot up to a's and b's. sailed through college with ease. no problems at all! i then went to a "college without walls" and, got both my undergrad and, grad degrees with no problems whatsoever! college was easy as all hell for me... school was a shithole thought! the reason school was shit for me was because of all the controal. thats the same reason i got fired from my first three jobs. if school is fucking with you super big time like it did me i, say by all means dropout! if your health goes your fucked but good. from your post though it, sounds like it is bad but, you could finish with no major problems; if that is so then, just stick it out. it is still your decision what you want to do.

 

Why did you drop out?
i dropped out because i falled two times and i was in the 9th grade and skipping every class everyday that i showed up for school and just smokin' with my friends.

What did you do afterwards?
i am now getting my ged in a month and after i am going to a trade school

Are you doing well now?
well im only 16 and seventeen in two days so i cant do that good...hehe

Do you regret dropping out?
i don't regret it yet and i dont really think i will because ive found out who my real friends are and who to trust and ill now who to turn to when i need some help...

 

I'm dropping out after this semester, then getting a ged.

 

I dropped out of highschool, it bored the hell out of me. I don't regret it, even though i dropped out like 2 months before my exams. Got a job in telesales and stopped going cuz it bored the hell out of me. It was allright cuz i was actually making money and i could do the stuff i wanted. I'm a few years on now and going back to college i got my education sorted and want to go to university, not year comming but year after. I never would have lasted those last 2 months i hated school i didn't do any homework and spent all my time from an early age daydreaming and staring out windows. Its horrible, i hated school, and i didn't mind going back to do it later, i wasn't interested then i just wanted to be in the real world.

Tbh leaving school was a big push it got me doing stuff. Yeah i just finished getting all my quallies, but i didn't know what i wanted to do then. I still don't really know cuz i don't want to end up working some job i hate for the next 10 years. I'm still figuring it out but i believe i got better grades going back to get my Highschool equivilancy than i would have gotten had i hacked it out.

But yeah it was great, i don't regret it or where its gotten me or the friends i've made along the way. Thats life. You just gotta do what you want to do. I guess you just gotta be motivated enough to do something after.

 

Why did you drop out? I was sick of the kids, the bullshit, forcing myself day after to day to go to a place I loathe. I wanted nothing to do with anyone there. I wasn't being challenged and I lost interest in the work. It's pretty hard to be enthused about learning when the teacher tells the class that the only reason they're there is for the paycheck.

What did you do afterwards? Dicked around for a year then got my GED, took a semester at the community college, and got a job. I spent my spare time learning everything I could, not necessarily about the GED, but the world in general. I became an autodidact.

Are you doing well now? Yes, I've got a job and I'm going back to college in the fall. I plan on getting my Associate's degree and transfer to a university.

Do you regret dropping out? No, I don't. It sucks that I've lost touch with a few friends but I've met some really great folks after leaving that it makes up for it.

 

my mom always asks me if i want to just drop out since ive completley screwed up my freshman year and now at the end of this year have decided to get my shit together but i think it mite be to late idk