Is School Important?!?!

[Lucky c]

I hear the question alot, and for mean, it used to be no, schools a joke, but now, I wish I would have stayed in.

With the economy the way it is today in the United States, Its hard to find a Job with out a High School Diploma or even some College.

I myself went to high school, got into drugs and stuff, and started failing, cutting school, and just gaming. I then droped out and was just gaming all day and doing drugs, thats not the life you want to live. trust me I tried it for a year. I think went to a 6 month military school. I no longer do drugs, nor do I just play video games all day.

I know we got some young ones here 13-18 is who its based to, don't think school is lame, don't think you don't need it. You really do, and you want to stick with it and finish it. I disappointed my Parents and My GrandParents when I droped out. the only thing that was good, was that my Grandpa got to see my graduate and get my GED just before he died.

So, don't drop out, no matter how much you hate school. Its there to help you. Don't just skip school and play games either, even if you parents let you do it. Go to school get your education, and you can get a job.

I'm having problems finding a job. what sucks even more is my family needs money bad, We don't even have a fridge, all our food is in coolers, and its all because I can't get a job because I didn't finish high school and just got my GED.

Try you hardest in School, get them A's and B's, and if you need help don't be afraid to ask.

Good luck, and if you ever need someone to talk to I'm almost always aroundddd.

 

[Sexy Beast]

Amen to this.

 

[NinjaWuuzoku]

Ahh so trueee.

 

[boyscout]

Great advice, and so true. Hope everything works out for you.

 

[Kryptonian]

I think hes right. Im failing all my classes right now and im not trying. I need to try! :/

 

[Darth]

My friends need to see this!

I hate them, sometimes they just make fun of me because im enthusiastic and smarter than them. Most of them never do their homework and just copy each other in class. I dont mind though, i know what im doing is right and people can say what ever they want. In 10 years time i will be the one with a job and they will be the ones in the streets, begging.

Im glad you finally got things sorted out, atleast you dont do drugs. Just turn your life around.

If this happened to me, the worst thing would be the disappointment in my family, i dont care what my life will be like just as long as my family are proud and are glad to call me their brother.

 

[Lucky c]

Get those grades up man, thats one thing I wish I would have done. but I was into other things at the time.

Same here Darth, my family is now proud that I am working on turning my life around.

I also got a girl, and I really want to spend the rest of my life with her.

 

[iEye Captain]

True.

 

[JunK]

the diploma is important, because they just want you to have that piece of paper - is school actually important? No, not in my opinion...only school that is specialized in stuff like culinary school or trade schools etc. something that actually does teach you something

 

[lplkassm]

Although I still wake up at times and say to myself that I hate college (school in general), I would rather be within an educational system than working in a dead end job in this current economical system.

Sure, people will call you dumb about persuing school far beyond high school, but why should you care about them?

Like Darth mentioned, in another 10 years I too will be done with my education and will be working in a profession that I want. My friends, well lets just say that Ill be meeting them soon enough on the high way (most of them at least).

I am glad that you straightened everything out and good luck C. Never give up and never look back to those past mistakes. All they do is pull you down once again, look forward to a future worth having and worth doing!

Cheers C!

 

[Sexy Beast]

the diploma is important, because they just want you to have that piece of paper - is school actually important? No, not in my opinion...only school that is specialized in stuff like culinary school or trade schools etc. something that actually does teach you something

hahaha...wow that is one skewed point of view on education.

 

[Lucky c]

the diploma is important, because they just want you to have that piece of paper - is school actually important? No, not in my opinion...only school that is specialized in stuff like culinary school or trade schools etc. something that actually does teach you something

I see where you are coming from, most jobs what to see the paper they don't care about anything else, But College is real important IMO, even though I haven't gone and won't have the money to go.

If your parents offer to pay your college take it, even if you all like man eff that I don't want to go. Once you graduate you'll look back and say, Damn, Mom, Dad thanks.

I know most people don't have a great relationship with their parents, but, You should try and be your parents friends. Me and my step-mom talk about everything, Me and My Dad sit around and tell jokes to each other and everything.

make a Good relationship with your parents, I know most teenage people HATE their parents but they are being hard asses for a reason, they were a teenager once, they did everything you've done, and can think of doing.

I lived with my grandparents from age 2 to 14, I used to think my grandpa was the most mean person in a world. But he was doing everything he did just to make sure I didn't end up doing what I did do. He was so upset when he found out I was smoking, and dropping out of school. It destroyed me because at the time he had lung cancer, it starting getting better then turned for the worse. I graduated from Military School and got my GED Dec. 19th, He was there to see me, that was the last time I really talked to him, he died Jan 9th.

There are so many things I wish I could have told him but I didn't. If you have something to say to someone, tell them, today could be their last day, or even next week, maybe even 40 years. But you never know.

(Sorry I like to talk )

 

[CanadianNoOB]

the diploma is important, because they just want you to have that piece of paper - is school actually important? No, not in my opinion...only school that is specialized in stuff like culinary school or trade schools etc. something that actually does teach you something

Sorry but no. The concept of specialized education is only relatively new. We, for the most part being children of the baby boomer generation have been unfortunately persuaded to believe that what we want is what our parents have. So for most people they are stream lined into a certain area of study.

What happened to going to school and learning about something you enjoy? Lord knows that I would be more successful in life if I was taking a more practical courses like maths or sciences. However history and philosophy happen to be my fancy. So when it came time to select a program for school I went into liberal arts (lol flippin burgers for the rest of my life).

School is fundamentally about the spreading of knowledge. It is the birth places of new ideas and concepts. This is something schools have lost in recent decades. More and more school is about programming people with knowledge and more and more students accept this knowledge at face value.

Now in no way am I suggesting we go back to the way Aristotle taught his students. However a dialog needs to be created where the expression of ideas is supported and encouraged.

I think it's unrealistic to have a firm idea on what one wants to do with their life when they are 15. In fact i think it's ridiculous that beginning in your Junior year of high school you are told to stream line yourself towards a certain area of study.

My Dad gave me some words of wisdom that he still repeats to me today. "Keep your doors open", meaning be open to anything. Don't shut down any options because in fifteen years you might think back and say that you would have liked to do something else with your life.

Another thing he taught me was to never be told you aren't good enough to do what you want to do; or never let anyone tell you you can only do certain things.

Keep your doors open eGO members and only good things can happen.

 

[SuperShoot]

Great advice mate. I really hope everythings works out for you !

 

[Angstrom]

the diploma is important, because they just want you to have that piece of paper - is school actually important? No, not in my opinion...only school that is specialized in stuff like culinary school or trade schools etc. something that actually does teach you something

School teachs you a lot more than what you're going to specialize in. School teaches you to follow a schedule, it forces you to arrange your times and organize so that you dedicate enough time to your works. School is the first step of social interaction, at the beggining of it you see friends, and when you're about to leave you find allies and enemies (But maybe that's just me). I have fun at school, with my friends, and with the professors, they got me a job, they got me knowledge beyond specialization, how to Talk, how to persuade, how to compete. There's a world outside, and people does not just want that piece of paper, they don't look for a machine.
I'll continue my education after high school, no matter what.