Highschool Dropout..

[Kelster]

i think most people are more motivated to make money then go to school, especially at that age

[Leviathan]

I may work in an engineering evironment but boy do you have another thing coming. I used to think the same way and now I use that math plus alot more obscure stuff than gr 12 math everyday even when I'm not at work. If you go into buisness your most likely going to see alot of that gr 12 math again as well..... math 12 is easy and it looks good on the transcripts

Originally posted by -DLO_604-
School is dumb, but I still put up with it. All the academic course are stupid and pointless. For example Math 12....I don't see people using grids in everyday life except maybe if your an engineer or something...or like a animation designer...other than I personally do not see why there is math 12. Algebra...lol are you really going to use that in life? Take the time and think about it. The school system has been pathetic throughout these 5 years I have been going to school. For socials...for sure it was interesting...gave me a bit of background from where I came from but do i really care how MOUNTAINS FOR...or how earthquakes happen? Not really because when it happens it happens. I won't think about when two plates crash together...they might slide underneath blahblahblah. It's all dumb stuff if you ask me.

[bli5s]

I didn't graduate from highschool either
WAY too many mainstream losers at the highschool I went to. I had better stuff to do like post nude pics of myself in my livejournal, deal pot and eat snacks.
Granted I'm nearing 30, working for minimum wage and basically homeless right now but I have no regrets.

Some people say a decent paying job doing something you're intrested in, a steady mongomous relationship with someone you love and a nice place to live are the keys to happiness. Well my obesity, fake hair, many piercings, all around hideous and freakish appearance, lack of education, motivation and poor personal hygiene make these mainstream keys to happiness impossible.

SO I SAY FUCK THE MAINSTREAM.

The real keys to happiness are 7-11 hotdogs and getting humped by some dude who's fatter than me and has more fake hair, piercings and std's than myself

[ebbomega]

*plonk*

[Kelster]

HAHAHAHAHAH

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[tested01]

^^ woah...

[Joanne]

Originally posted by galaxie
^At the time, I was motivated to do OTHER things, such as work full-time. Just because someone's not motivated to do one thing, doesn't mean they're a bum and aren't motivated to to ANYTHING. My goals and priorities were different than my peers at the time. I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing to go about one's life following a path other than the one most travelled.

how do you see yourself as an 'atypical highschool dropout' when your reason for dropping out were simply because you had more motivation to work in a minimum wage job than to finish your highschool diploma? doesn't sound any different than any other highschool dropout. :P

--Joanne :P

[galaxie]

Originally posted by bananasinpjs:
how do you see yourself as an 'atypical highschool dropout' when your reason for dropping out were simply because you had more motivation to work in a minimum wage job than to finish your highschool diploma? doesn't sound any different than any other highschool dropout. :P

Because most people who drop out of high school have no intention or interest in finishing, and they definitely have no intention or interest to continue on to post-secondary.

After I dropped out I promptly registered for correspondance classes through the GVDES. Once I decided I wasn't particularly interested in completing high school that way, I waited until I turned 19 so I could register to take my GED. However, at VCC there's a waiting list to write the GED and those who are planning to return to college ASAP have priority. Since I'm not interested in going to college until next January, I'm still on the waiting list.

And for the record, at the time I dropped out I was not making minimum wage, and I was working two jobs - one full-time and one part-time. I know many people who have completed high school the typical, traditional way, who make less money than I do now and did at the time I dropped out.

My aunt never graduated high school, she was short her math 11 credit, yet she is a teacher. To register for college in many programs, one doesn't even need a high school diploma. It is possible to register as an adult student and complete many arts related programs. The only reason this isn't true with sciences is because there are more prerequisities required.