we go to college for free here and after that we can keep on studying if we want and I have a good job and connections aint that hard for me to survive really
Everyone saying that with a high school degree and no college degree you cant make yourself money seriously need to wise up to the real world. I was in this kids same spot, minus that I was expelled and not a drop out. I took my GED, got a full time job (well paid for someone 17, expelled and with felonies at $9.50/hr), and did online computer classes from home so I could better manage my time. This next semester will end my 2 years for an associates degree and I am already accepted to a university for college courses as of next year and I plan on getting a degree in computer science, majoring in the broad aspect of human psychology and minor in graphical design (yes, its possible to have a degree in computer science with both of those). You dont need a a high school diploma... a GED will work just as well, and if you can provide transcripts of the last year of your high school then you can get into a community college for a year or two and manage a 3.5GPA and get the credits transferred up to a 4 year college. Also, you dont need a degree for anything minus a select few jobs. Computers would be one field where you would be asked to have a degree. Teaching and management of a business (varying on the business). I know plenty of people personally who have dropped out (of college or high school) or who have been expelled who make more money then your average college student at the age a college student leaves college. One of whom was my store manager at Wal-Mart. High school drop out, pushed carts for 5 years and was moved up to co-manager, 1 year after that he was promoted to manager (at the age of 22) and has been making $135,000+ a year and gets a good 15-30,000 bonus check at the end of the year. Another example is a family friend who also dropped out. He was a bank teller, and eventually moved his way through the ranks to being a branch manager for a bank. He ended up leaving and starting up his own local bank and now lives in a multi-million dollar home. Sure, life may be harder being a drop out or being expelled, but if you have the determination to make something of yourself after being expelled or dropping out, your life can be just as fulfilled as any college graduate. Your options may not be as broad, but your ability to raise a family is no better or worse than if you were to be a college graduate if you have the determination motivating you.
