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Is It Really Over?
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ssj9dude
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Is It Really Over?
Everyone has me convinced that if I don't graduate HS and go to college my life will be over and I'll end up jobless with a miserable life. But school can't be the only way can it? I just have no will to try and go to that worthless building. Even if I do graduate my grades are so shitty (64 GPA) that I probably won't get accepted to any college. At this point if I can just stop all this bullshit and get a job that makes me enough money just to survive and live in a crappy apartment I'd be over joyed. Idk what the point of writing all of this is but no one around me will listen.
My family doesn't care that I am miserable grinding through this school bs they just pressure me to go and go they tell me shit like everyone in your family graduated HS and graduated college and university, is that supposed to motivate me? Because it doesn't it just makes me depressed because I am letting everyone down. If only I had a plan for my future something that didn't involve school but also something that didn't result in me living on the streets, if that were the case I'd just tell everyone to fuck off, I'd tell them I don't give a fuck about what makes you happy. I'd know what I am going to be doing for the rest of my life and it doesn't involve any of your bullshit.*Sigh
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you atre on this site. and you need to ask if high school and colledge are essential for a better life?
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ssj9dude
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I don't come here very often. I don't understand your post...=(
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ROB BANKS
Who am I? Who are YOU?
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Elfy
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You dont need school to get monies.
I heard about a guy who got from a red papr clip to a house just by trading that paperclip fo other stuff.
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sorry. this is an anti-school site, so obdviously i wouldnt expect there to be many members who think school is essential.
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Well, the only time anyone ever really cared 'bout my school diploma was when I applied for college... and I didn't ever get to use the qualification I got from college. I make money from advertising on my websites. Granted, not everyone can do this, and it takes time to get going. Pretty much every way to make money that doesn't involve working for someone else takes time to get going. Often they kind of hit you by accident and you didn't really plan it. There are plenty of jobs out there that don't require college, but most want some equivalent of a HS diploma (GED is fine if you're in the US).
Summary: no, your life is not "over" if you don't graduate. Your life is only over when you're dead. Until that happens, there's always a way to make things work. Just 'cause other people don't see it doesn't mean it isn't there. Possibilities are infinite.
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nicely put, soul.
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