I'm on the verge of dropping out of high school. Any ideas from both sides?

[spotanjo3]

Most jobs are gonna require a high school degree/GED to be hired. Especially IT, pretty sure you need a high school diploma. Don't end up like what my two sisters and older brother did, they all dropped out of high school. Are you wanting to drop out because it's too hard? Tough it out and just complete it.

You want an education, and if you want to go to college, high school will make it easier to be accepted. There's no benefit to dropping.

Absolutely but my friend completed college for a major of his dream and he can't find the job. He sent resume and applications to several states.. None. Nobody wants him. So he ended up got a job as a substitute teacher. Waste his time. The college is not always the answer. And my brother dropped out of schoool when he was 16 and he got a good job of 12 dollarshour and have a house and a cute dog. He is happy. Depending.

 

[the_randomizer]

Absolutely but my friend completed college for a major of his dream and he can't find the job. He sent resume and applications to several states.. None. Nobody wants him. So he ended up got a job as a substitute teacher. Waste his time. The college is not always the answer. And my brother dropped out of schoool when he was 16 and he got a good job of 12 dollarshour and have a house and a cute dog. He is happy. Depending.

My older brother dropped out of high school as well, but somehow, winded up being a top tier IT tech support for a telecommunications company. He does support for phones for the deaf, and makes 25 dollars an hour plus. He's pretty well off financially speaking. Very very lucky.

 

[PixelatedIvan]

Stay, you will regret it later, you may not believe me but I know what will happen.

 

[spotanjo3]

My older brother dropped out of high school as well, but somehow, winded up being a top tier IT tech support for a telecommunications company. He does support for phones for the deaf, and makes 25 dollars an hour plus. He's pretty well off financially speaking. Very very lucky.

Good for you but nothing to do with luck things, lol.

By the way, what do you mean support for phones for the deaf ?

 

[the_randomizer]

Good for you but nothing to do with luck things, lol.

By the way, what do you mean support for phones for the deaf ?

Yes, that's what I meant, tech support, he also travels to states to set up call centers, computers, networking, etc. For a high school dropout, he got a very good career.

 

[spotanjo3]

Yes, that's what I meant, tech support, he also travels to states to set up call centers, computers, networking, etc. For a high school dropout, he got a very good career.

You mean Sorenson nor ntouch ?

 

[the_randomizer]

You mean Sorenson nor ntouch ?

Yes, Sorenson, actually. Never heard of the other one.

 

[Gizametalman]

TL;DR
Home school=good but often makes kids socially awkward
Public school=good for motivated individuals. You get out what you put in. Experts can help advance your thinking. Very bad peers sometimes that can be negative influence.

First off, I see that you are from Mexico. I will speak from my experience which is that from a middle class American. I don't think schools are useless. Frequently they suck, but I have learned things in school that I would not have learned on my own otherwise. I have also taken classes that were a complete waste of time. At the public school where I teach, it seems that the school is as useful as the students make it. Most of the students care more about the diploma than knowledge so they aim for good grades rather than learning the material. In high school, students get to pick most of their classes, so they can decide what they want to take and how advanced the courses will be (honors, AP, etc.). The students who really want to work hard will benefit a lot from school because schools do have experts. You will get out what you put in when it comes to US public schools. A very motivated person who works hard will be successful whether they are homeschooled or if they attend public school.
Next, I feel that it is important to mention that my girlfriend is from Mexico. She lived in Mexico City for a few years, speaks fluent Spanish and English, and is culturally both Mexican and American. She was also homeschooled by her parents for most of her schooling. She isn't weird, but most people who have been homeschooled most of their life are very weird and have no social skills. School definitely helps socialize kids. It isn't impossible to socialize them without school, but it is a lot harder. You should have them involved in sports and activities in town. They still have to interact with other children. Despite being a public school teacher, we are planning on homeschooling our children for at least a few years. We plan on homeschooling them during their middle school years because the middle schools in our area are horrible.

Yes I am from and currently living in Mexico.
I don't want to be this edgy, but, I didn't got my Diploma because i Had troubles with three teachers.
This will sound all made up, but here I go:

-My Chemistry teacher didn't allowed me to present my tests. He was an asshole with me. He always humiliated me for not talking with anyone, even though I had at least 7 girlfriends who I was with all the 4 semesters we were together. Besides I Had some male friends too. But fucking idiot. He always made everyone laugh at me in the classes. I honestly didn't cared about it as I was used to be THAT GUY who's always quiet, with good grades that everyone makes fun of for being a "nerd"
Then I won a Literature Contest held Nationally by my school and this asshole in class said things like: "Oh I just cant believe a guy like you won. Oh someone else deserved to win. Look at you, weird, quiet, with headphones all the time, You're nothing and this won't make you better"
I felt all my class mates looking at me at that moment.
-My English teacher was her daughter. I know fluent English since I was 11. And my teacher wasn't. So I was always reminding her words that she couldn't remember, or correcting her for her bad translations. Once she told me: "I want you to shut up in my classes. You've proven you're far more advanced than your room mates, so shut up"
-My Biology teacher was the Spouse of my Chemistry teacher and the mom of my English teacher: She was nice with me. She was the kind of teacher that speaks loud and screams when no one listened to her. Once she helped me with my grades, because she told me that it was unfair for me to fail my grades for missing classes. The fact I missed classes was due to health problems, serious ones.

Thanks to my fucking Chemistry teacher, I couldn't get my diploma. He gave me a "W", a "W" in the Highschool I went meant that I was so bad at that Class (chemistry) that I had to repeat the whole semester thanks to that failed class.
Of course, we spoke with the director, and he did nothing.
At that time my family and I had financial problems, so bad that we had to sell everything in our house, we almost got evicted, and we didn't ate but twice per week, sometimes once per week.
I couldn't pay to repeat the semester thanks to that asshole.
My health problems got stronger (heart disease) for not eating, and that put me in bed for months.
Then I tried to repeat the semester once we were a little better and I found out that I got kicked out from school. Literally, I wasn't registered there anymore. My grades became un existent. So I had to repeat Highschool yet again.
Of course, I fucking didn't. Got to work on my own, learnt Japanese, French, a bit of Portuguese, Italian, Russian and German.

This is exactly what I want to avoid with my children. I want them to be safe from wasting time, money, and in my case, waste and loss my health thanks to an asshole who thought it'd be funny to make fun of me.

 

[BlueFox gui]

Yes I am from and currently living in Mexico.
I don't want to be this edgy, but, I didn't got my Diploma because i Had troubles with three teachers.
This will sound all made up, but here I go:

-My Chemistry teacher didn't allowed me to present my tests. He was an asshole with me. He always humiliated me for not talking with anyone, even though I had at least 7 girlfriends who I was with all the 4 semesters we were together. Besides I Had some male friends too. But fucking idiot. He always made everyone laugh at me in the classes. I honestly didn't cared about it as I was used to be THAT GUY who's always quiet, with good grades that everyone makes fun of for being a "nerd"
Then I won a Literature Contest held Nationally by my school and this asshole in class said things like: "Oh I just cant believe a guy like you won. Oh someone else deserved to win. Look at you, weird, quiet, with headphones all the time, You're nothing and this won't make you better"
I felt all my class mates looking at me at that moment.
-My English teacher was her daughter. I know fluent English since I was 11. And my teacher wasn't. So I was always reminding her words that she couldn't remember, or correcting her for her bad translations. Once she told me: "I want you to shut up in my classes. You've proven you're far more advanced than your room mates, so shut up"
-My Biology teacher was the Spouse of my Chemistry teacher and the mom of my English teacher: She was nice with me. She was the kind of teacher that speaks loud and screams when no one listened to her. Once she helped me with my grades, because she told me that it was unfair for me to fail my grades for missing classes. The fact I missed classes was due to health problems, serious ones.

Thanks to my fucking Chemistry teacher, I couldn't get my diploma. He gave me a "W", a "W" in the Highschool I went meant that I was so bad at that Class (chemistry) that I had to repeat the whole semester thanks to that failed class.
Of course, we spoke with the director, and he did nothing.
At that time my family and I had financial problems, so bad that we had to sell everything in our house, we almost got evicted, and we didn't ate but twice per week, sometimes once per week.
I couldn't pay to repeat the semester thanks to that asshole.
My health problems got stronger (heart disease) for not eating, and that put me in bed for months.
Then I tried to repeat the semester once we were a little better and I found out that I got kicked out from school. Literally, I wasn't registered there anymore. My grades became un existent. So I had to repeat Highschool yet again.
Of course, I fucking didn't. Got to work on my own, learnt Japanese, French, a bit of Portuguese, Italian, Russian and German.

This is exactly what I want to avoid with my children. I want them to be safe from wasting time, money, and in my case, waste and loss my health thanks to an asshole who thought it'd be funny to make fun of me.

thats horrible, i hope he dies and go to hell succ satan's dick

 

[Plattym3!]

Listen, college is a mixed bag. Can go either way, just don't wrack up debt.

But HIGH SCHOOL? That's well-documented and researched. You're looking at 1/2 or less lifetime earnings if you dump out. Don't do it. Play the game, get the diploma & get out.

 

[Gizametalman]

thats horrible, i hope he dies and go to hell succ satan's dick

Yes, I wanted that too at first.
But everything happens for a reason, I believe.
If there's something I've learned in my entire life is to look the good things in the bad things.

 

[BORTZ]

i wish i could go to an Animation College ;-;

I did. It was alright but it was basically a 4 year exercise to get a degree because I knew I couldn't do it writing papers and taking tests. I don't use animation in the real world because I didn't seek out a Job is the industry

 

[BlueFox gui]

I did. It was alright but it was basically a 4 year exercise to get a degree because I knew I couldn't do it writing papers and taking tests. I don't use animation in the real world because I didn't seek out a Job is the industry

but i want to work with it

 

[Gizametalman]

but i want to work with it

The other thing you could do is Freelance.
That's how I've been working for the past 6 years.
I usually... got so badass at what I do that I get employed

Of course, I don't do animation, but I draw and paint. I also write and design stuff.

Once you get jobs here and there, it means that you're gathering experience, and experience means more than diplomas.
Think about it in this way:
- Do animation and learn animation by yourself.
- Get good at it.
- Be a badass at what you do.
- Build experience, even if it leads to nothing.
- When the time comes, try to get any sort of diploma or degree in animation.
- As you've build experience previously and know how to do the stuff, having a diploma (in the future) along with all your experience and knowledge will aid you to get in the industry for real.

That's how I work.

 

[BlueFox gui]

The other thing you could do is Freelance.
That's how I've been working for the past 6 years.
I usually... got so badass at what I do that I get employed

Of course, I don't do animation, but I draw and paint. I also write and design stuff.

Once you get jobs here and there, it means that you're gathering experience, and experience means more than diplomas.
Think about it in this way:
- Do animation and learn animation by yourself.
- Get good at it.
- Be a badass at what you do.
- Build experience, even if it leads to nothing.
- When the time comes, try to get any sort of diploma or degree in animation.
- As you've build experience previously and know how to do the stuff, having a diploma (in the future) along with all your experience and knowledge will aid you to get in the industry for real.

That's how I work.

well i already do animation a lot cuz i like, that means i can get something?

Spoiler

 

[Gizametalman]

well i already do animation a lot cuz i like, that means i can get something?

Spoiler

That means that you have the will to do things.
That means that you're not waiting for things to come at you just because you want it.
That means that you're willing to work.

Honestly, If I ever get to program by myself and set a Game Development Studio, I would like to hire people who had the determination to learn everything by themselves.
PS: Nice animation.

 

[Quantumcat]

Legacy skills bring in the big money these days.

True, what I really meant was being great at Java 7 isn't great when Java 9 has just come out, or being great at Struts isn't great when JSF is the dominant Web technology. When something new comes out you have to learn it.

 

[WeedZ]

Why should I drop out? Why should I stay?

I want to work in IT, either as an employee or by myself, while streaming as a hobby. Any thoughts?

IT requires a bachelor's degree. You need to complete highschool with well enough grades to get into a university. Otherwise, hope you know how to flip burgers, work a press, or cook meth.

 

[Quantumcat]

i wanted homeschool lol i'm already socially akward too hahahaha XD

It is easier to learn social skills when you're a kid/teenager. It is a LOT worse being a socially awkward adult than teenager (people can forgive a teenager if they make a social faux pas but if you break the unwritten social rules as an adult it could mean being passed over for promotion, fired over a misunderstanding, things like that). Rather than run from the hard stuff now, deal with it, then you'll have an easier time later in life. You'll have to face a tough time at some point in your life if you want to eventually learn social skills (the younger you are when you do it the easier it will be), if you never do you'll have a harder life plus be lonely (unless you hate the company of others, then a tough life only).

 

[BlueFox gui]

It is easier to learn social skills when you're a kid/teenager. It is a LOT worse being a socially awkward adult than teenager (people can forgive a teenager if they make a social faux pas but if you break the unwritten social rules as an adult it could mean being passed over for promotion, fired over a misunderstanding, things like that). Rather than run from the hard stuff now, deal with it, then you'll have an easier time later in life. You'll have to face a tough time at some point in your life if you want to eventually learn social skills (the younger you are when you do it the easier it will be), if you never do you'll have a harder life plus be lonely (unless you hate the company of others, then a tough life only).

lol so i'm fucked then i'm already 18 and i still can't make friends or such things, and no they don't forgive teenagers at least not here, just in there than, here family always called me retarded and such things and complained with me