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I hope you are planning on going back at a later date as that money you earn might be good for now since you live with parents and stuff but I doubt it would be a lot when you move on your own,etc.

You said you left high school because you felt you weren't accomplishing anything, well that excuse ain't good enough as I'm pretty sure everyone who went to high school didn't do it because they loved it but because they had too.

Now if you or your parents have connections then that's another story. And by connections I mean people you know who can give you a hand in the future such as getting you into a very good job because they have the power to.

I left college in my 2nd year to get a job and make some money and go back not to quit forever. But I haven't go back since but after spending time looking for a good job you will see that unless you have a college degree here its very hard to go somewhere unless you know someone who can get you there. I don't know what country you are from but if you were here in the USA you would see that with this economy right now the job market is very picky and without a college degree you probably dont stand a chance at a good job unless is a minimum wage job or some factory.
 
Hopefully you dont live in the US and anywhere in a large city... You need a dam certification if not be lucky to get a job... Minimum wage here is 7.25$ hr and to actually live here in houston you need to make atleast 9$ and full 40 hrs...
 
Loonycgb2 said:
Hopefully you dont live in the US and anywhere in a large city... You need a dam certification if not be lucky to get a job... Minimum wage here is 7.25$ hr and to actually live here in houston you need to make atleast 9$ and full 40 hrs...
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Gotta love canada, minimum wage here is 9.25 B-)
 
Dean2k said:
Why stay at school when I feel I'm wasting my own time and my teachers time, when I feel I'm gaining nothing why stay?

When I could leave, get a job, learn skills that could potentially help me more than school would. My high school isn't wide in subjects and you don't learn 'nessecary skills' you way need one day.
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you r fool.....
 
Top 100 richest people are not the most educated people in this world..u just have the right attitude..its..fine..

i'm a post mortem surgeon myself..i have to rip.open.remove.organs..isolate tissue samples.analyze..stitch...& report..abt dead bodies 5 days/week..avg of 2-5 bodies a day...i have to be on drugs most of the time...to the job..the pay is good..but i HATE IT...all because of my dad who pushed/bugged me to become a doc..

on the contrary..i am an adult webmaster...my gf like sees me this way ..too romantic..than being a ruthless butcher...
 
To everyone who said that OP made a bad move:
Shut the hell up, you guys obviously have no idea what you're talking about.
To land a job, a GOOD job, you don't NECESSARILY HAVE to have a bach/masters/PhD in w/e field you want to be in.

However, I do agree that SOME education helps, even a certificate, at least a high school diploma.

It all really depends on the person who's dropping out of school.
Look at Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, they dropped out, and look at where they are now.

There's also many studies show that most graduates don't land a job after school or even worse, land a job NOT relating to their field. What's the point in that? You spend all that money and you don't even get a chance in a job of what you JUST studied for the past 4-5 years?

For me, I stopped school after high school. Within 3 years after high school, I've become an assistant manager, now I'm a manager at a supermarket here in Canada, BC.
Now now, before you say anything like "LOL a supermarket", I plan on moving up higher in the ladder in this company, and get into head office.

Now some people may look and say, "Oh theres only so much a person can make working in a supermarket". I beg to differ. There are a ton of bigshots working in this company and are making 2-300k/year.

Anyways, my 2 cents
 
Thank you ^^
Yea, my dad left school at a young age and started working with a company called Marine Harvest feeding fish etc.. and now he's a manager and he doesn't have 'good' qualifications but still makes a good salary.
 
Why do you always come up with the 'Bill Gates' and 'Steve Jobs' argument? Is it a trump card you think you'll play and win the debate? Nah, not really. They're exceptional cases. They may have dropped out of high school and made it big - but that's because they were creative thinkers, had the needed finance, and got into the business when the economy was still good.

Times change. The credit crunch, the economy fuckups, and what not. Besides, not everyone is Gates or Jobs. However way you look at it, not everyone is exceptional enough to be Gates or Jobs when they drop out of high school.

So yeah, dropping out of school is a bad idea; especially when you do it for the money. The money now is temporary. If you lose the job, getting another is going to be equally difficult. Sure, experience counts, but it'll only get you so far. You need the knowledge to climb that ladder you're fantasizing about.

People under rate education way too much these days in the face of work/employment/experience. The fact is, they're both tied together. Experience is, in ways more than one, kind of useless if you don't have the background knowledge or expertise in your job. A formal education and certificate/degree, etc whatever will give you the competitive edge you'll need when you aim high; because you won't be the only one aiming high, you'll have a lot of competition - qualified competition.
 
Lifetalk said:
Why do you always come up with the 'Bill Gates' and 'Steve Jobs' argument? Is it a trump card you think you'll play and win the debate? Nah, not really. They're exceptional cases. They may have dropped out of high school and made it big - but that's because they were creative thinkers, had the needed finance, and got into the business when the economy was still good.

Times change. The credit crunch, the economy fuckups, and what not. Besides, not everyone is Gates or Jobs. However way you look at it, not everyone is exceptional enough to be Gates or Jobs when they drop out of high school.

So yeah, dropping out of school is a bad idea; especially when you do it for the money. The money now is temporary. If you lose the job, getting another is going to be equally difficult. Sure, experience counts, but it'll only get you so far. You need the knowledge to climb that ladder you're fantasizing about.

People under rate education way too much these days in the face of work/employment/experience. The fact is, they're both tied together. Experience is, in ways more than one, kind of useless if you don't have the background knowledge or expertise in your job. A formal education and certificate/degree, etc whatever will give you the competitive edge you'll need when you aim high; because you won't be the only one aiming high, you'll have a lot of competition - qualified competition.
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Amen.

those bill gates dropped out of high school arguments are dumb.
 
bxflow said:
Amen.

those bill gates dropped out of high school arguments are dumb.
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Agree, I couldn't say it better.

Bill Gates has cash now but he didn't spent his childhood playing video games, sitting on PC to chat on Facebook or watched TV all day. Guy had brains and he had an idea.

I didn't even tried in high school and passed "excellent". They are definitely not hard, try to listen sometimes instead playing around and then finding excuse how "system is hard" or how "teachers are wasting your time". System has holes but it's easy, very easy and anyone can finish it without breaking a sweat.

But I had such people in my class, who were not interested, bored, when teacher would ask them question for grade they would be like "I don't know" I never said that, even If I didn't know shit about topic I still would try to say something that I know around that topic, simply to say something, give examples and my message was "I don't know shit, but I ain't getting lowest grade". In end they told me I know how to "talk" with people. So, you don't need to read everything and spent countless hours reading books and shit, that's waste of time.

It's not about grades, it was never about grades, you learn how to work and communicate. I had such excellent relationships with all my teachers, even spent most of my time helping them on projects while others were going on classes. I missed like half of year but in end I got free trip to Germany with my mates and many other stuff, everything does pay off sooner or later. You gather experience and learn how to reach your goals.

I consider primary school and high school a must, they teach you basic stuff and in long run time invested will pay off, that is if you memorized anything or simply went to school because you had to. However, everyone has different opinion.
 
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Please study bro.....
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All the best for your future (y)
 
@suhel that isn't exactly true, my sister studied Events Management in Glasgow and she can't get a job in it because they either want unpaid internship which she can't afford to do or they want someone with 2-3 years exp.
 
with all my respect to you dean, but making money isn't the only thing you should take care of.
there are many things that high studies can provide to you, if you just be patient i'm sure you'd get a better job and salary.
but good luck for you dude.
 
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