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guitarniac · 04-30-2007 11:58 AM

if i dont do well enough in school i will never get a good job, i feel like i might not get a job and just fail at life because of my grades, is this true has anyone just totally screwed up in school but still become successful?

Dark Soul X · 04-30-2007 12:00 PM

guitarniac Wrote:if i dont do well enough in school i will never get a good job, i feel like i might not get a job and just fail at life because of my grades, is this true has anyone just totally screwed up in school but still become successful?

You don't need school. Doc says that they'll tax the fuck out of you, but like I said before: "School isn't the key to life. Knowledge is. In order to know and learn how to live life, you need to live it." This could work for jobs too.

guitarniac · 04-30-2007 01:03 PM

how will get a job if i dont go to a good college?

thoughtmaker · 04-30-2007 01:11 PM

my uncle dropped out and it looks like he is more "successful" than my family is. my mother says though that he had to work hard to get where he is and if he wasn't a good talker, then he wouldn't be where he is now. so yes it is possible to get a good job, but just be prepared to work a lot harder, and to prove that you aren't an idiot. most people will think you are because of your lack of diploma (i'm not saying they are right though.) it's much easier for people with their pieces of paper, to get jobs because people believe the paper they give you in high school makes you better than everyone who doesn't.

04-30-2007 01:12 PM

I'm not even out of high school and I have a job... I understand what you mean though. Society feels, rightly so, that most people who educate themself after high school are generally skillful and intelligent. Some jobs require certain education but most of the time an employer will hire someone if they have the education without a degree so long as the person can show their skills and knowledge.

You still can go to college without a high school diploma or GED. Some require it others do not.

thoughtmaker · 04-30-2007 03:14 PM

yeah, i know what you're saying. it depends a lot on what kind of job you want. someitmes charm is enough, others you need to actually know some shit.

guitarniac · 04-30-2007 03:39 PM

i mean yeah i have a job and im still in high school and i have keen knowledge of things im interested in that are not taught in school, im just scared about being able to survive after high school, everyoner makes it feel like unless you have a really high paying job right after you graduate you are fucked.

thoughtmaker · 04-30-2007 03:44 PM

if you are attached to fancy material possession, then yes you are. but really, it doesn't seem to take that good of a job just to get by in this world. i bet everyone is scared of living after school. and they probably should be. it's a fucked up world, but try not to get so wound up in the rat race that you lose sight of what is important : happiness.

guitarniac · 04-30-2007 03:47 PM

i dont care about material possession, im going to be living on a sailboat please haha, anyways my parents make it seem like its a crazy ass place out there.

**SoulRiser** · 05-01-2007 01:42 AM

guitarniac, you should read this page: Nobel Prize Winners Who Hated School

Quote:if i dont do well enough in school i will never get a good job

For the most part, you only need to pass. Most people will never care how well you actually did. Well, they might "care", but it won't affect anything (there are some university courses that require higher marks in certain subjects though, but that will depend on what you want to do. If it comes down to it, you could always redo that subject on its own later).

05-03-2007 03:27 AM

If you fail at life it will be because of stupidity not lack of education.

Vatman · 05-03-2007 06:31 AM

I know what you mean exactly...I have a feeling my 2.4 GPA isnt realy going to help me get into the greatest school in the world. But It looks like if you go to a community college for two years and then transpher to a normal college it takes the same time and you save 30k in your pocket...

College isnt the only way to get anywhere in the world...I can already tell that im going to be playing with the stock market alot in my lifetime.

thoughtmaker · 05-03-2007 08:20 AM

"i dont care about material possession, im going to be living on a sailboat please haha, anyways my parents make it seem like its a crazy ass place out there."

good for you. it's getting rarer and rarer that people are content with the simple things in life. today, it seems like only the new plasma television will make you acceptable and more of a person ( not too mention how it will distract you from the fact that you need an expensive tv to make your life seem meaningful)

living on a boat eh? that sounds cool. i've always wondered what it'd be like to live out in the ocean or something like that. as for your parents, i'm sure they are like mine and just trying to get you to do well in school. they always threaten me with the failsafe "you don't want to end up with a job flipping burgers and asking, 'do you want fries with that?'

guitarniac · 05-06-2007 05:47 PM

^haha yeah i get the same but you know what can you do you've just got to take it i guess and know that what you're are doing is best.

thoughtmaker · 05-07-2007 04:08 AM

yep but sometimes it gets damned annoying lol

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