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TheShep
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What does everyone think?
So, I am a new student at my school. I went to a boarding school in 08-09. I hate public and private school and want to drop out. I make A's and B's and have perfect writing scores, but could honestly care less.
Yeah, I could be a great writer or a great designer, but my heart is in mountain biking and snowboarding. Both of which are rising sports in todays culture.
Ultimatly, I want to go professional in one or both of them. I would be perfectly happy being sore all the time, working nights and riding in the day. I just feel like it's close to being my harmony and my life answer, the biggest problem is that my mom and grandparents expect me to be some doctor or an Olympic fencer.
I'm only 16, but I see that as a number, not as who I am.
I really want to end it, the whole school scene.
It just seems to be a waste of my time along with many other teens.
So, if any of you have anything to say, please do.
I guess I could call this a cry for help to my own people.
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Ceiling Cat
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*ahem* SS's resident pessimist/trap speaking here.
One thing - your people also are in need of help, and as fucked as you are.
Problem, officer?
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SoulRiser
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You could start off by writing about mountain biking and snowboarding, or designing stuff related to that. Like start a blog about each one and get to know some "friends in high places" (through the blog or whatever) that can get you a foot in the door somewhere. You can also make money from the blog in the meantime. And of course ride bikes and boards too.
That's my 2 cents. If you have multiple talents, why not combine them? 
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I feel you. I want to get out of this boarding school. Well I'm 16 and a scholar in Tacher school. one of the top boarding schools in California. I don't want to go there but my parents send me. I want to pursue being a programmer and create lots of website and earn money while I'm young but for now, I have to stay in this school like a prisoner.
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I think you'll do well. You will be able to develop leadership skills in an environment that's free from oppression, and having the opportunity to manage long and short term projects with their peers immerses teens in cooperative management practices, and helps create leaders. For teens with behavioral or attention disorders, this sort of camaraderie is difficult to duplicate at home or in a traditional classroom.
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