@TomSrOfBoston We also know that a high school diploma does not equal intelligence. You’re being too disingenuous.
It’s just that we are afraid with your attitude, you will have a rough road ahead of you.
It is the attitude regardless of whether or not you have a piece of paper.
I find this statement so pretentious. Do you know how many people would literally kill for your spot? How many people still feel the regret of never finishing school? Or had that opportunity ripped away from them? You think of school as flippantly as an exterminator to vermin, an epicure to fast food, and I think it shows oh so very clearly through your attitude. I doubt school would be so dissatisfying if you had a different outlook on everything. “Unnecessary”? I don’t know about that; a diploma or degree is necessary for a lot jobs. I’m sure a diploma is unnecessary for a lot of fast food restaurants and minimum wage jobs, though.
??? Move on with your life??? You’re 18, not 40. You’re still a teen and most likely still live with your parents. Speaking of which, what do you guardians think of all this? It’s very telling of you as student if you think school is ‘too stale.’ How a place of constant learning can be uninteresting will never fathom into my mind. Create a life for yourself at school that makes you actually want to go there. Friends, clubs, teachers, bathroom soap, anything. School is only a deep abyss if you make it out to be. And, sorry to disappoint you, but not everything can go your way. Not without repercussions, really. I think lawmakers know what’s best for minors rather than a teenager. If you think your requirements are unreasonable call lawmakers in your area.
The word ‘need’ is used so frivolously in today’s world. Do you need to do any of these things to survive? I doubt it. I don’t see how art, coding, and some jokes will provide a stable job without even a diploma. Reality check: A lot of people are interested in the same things you do and want to make a career out of what they love. Unless you are extremely proficient or phenomenal in your craft you won’t get a great job out of any of these; not without a diploma or degree. I’d really love to know what extraordinary job you can get without even a diploma.
No, a school education is not a sure equivalence in intelligence, but it doesn’t mean a high school experience won’t put you through the principles learned from life as well. I don’t know why you brought this up when @TomSrOfBoston said nothing about a link between a diploma and intelligence.
You can’t graduate without the requirements, but community colleges accept almost everyone that applies, even if you don’t have a diploma. If you are still looking to go to college without a diploma, this might be a good route for you. All the things you want to do can be done during high school; you’ve already gone this far and it would be unfortunate to drop out, especially for an hiccup as unnecessary as you make it out to be. My suggestion is that you finish high school and get your diploma and then decide if college is where you want to go.
Plenty of high school students take art and computer classes, do comedy (I think there is even comedy improv as part of high school forensics), work a job, etc. I don’t know why you think that you can’t.
@pinklinks You’re exaggerating a lot of what I said and not even bothering to understand anything I’ve written. That first sentence you responded to isn’t pretentious, it’s a fairly simple and common thought. Of course a HS diploma is needed for so many jobs, that’s why it’s such a tough decision. You’re not even trying to empathize with my situation, you’re just antagonizing me. I do very genuinely mean “move on with my life,” it’s an important thought in anyone’s life no matter the age and I don’t think pushing it aside is good. Well of course no one NEEDS to do anything, I don’t think that at all, you’re assuming to much of my personality and thought process. I also don’t expect an extraordinary job as you say. You honestly didn’t help me because you never attempted to empathize, you just threw hyperbole at me.
I suggest that you seek counseling.
*too much
Wow, yikes. Attitude. You came to CC for advice, and you’re turning away everything people tell you. This is the Internet. Not everybody will agree with you.
As a writer…yeah, I do kinda go nuts without a creative outlet.
But that doesn’t mean it commands more importance than finishing high school, which is the first thing you need to ACTUALLY “move on with your life.”
Either way, this thread is devolving into defensiveness and more defensiveness. If you don’t want to go the GED route, and your school won’t let you graduate without fulfilling the requirements…then fulfill the requirements, whether at your school or through a local community college or whatever.
@awesomepolyglot Oh come on, of course not, why are you being so disingenuous?
It is a choice to go without a high school diploma. If unwilling to jump through the hoops, then do without it. Learn as you go and live with the good and the bad outcomes.
@TomSrOfBoston Really, that’s how condescending you are at this point, you’ve hit me with that cliche? PLEASE be honest, are you trying to antagonize me or be actually helpful? I give up at this point.
That you can be antagonized by anonymous posters on the internet is further argument for counseling.
Back to the topic of this thread:
Have you talked to your counselor?
@NorthernMom61 I think I appreciate your comment most out of anyone that’s commented.
@TomSrOfBoston That’s not what I’m suggesting or even what that word means. The word relies on how you’re acting, not the literal affect on me. Are you being serious?
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@awesomepolyglot I’ve talked to her about the classes but not about the actual state requirements and graduation requirements. I obviously plan on doing that soon.
@TomSrOfBoston Jeez, you have a hilariously dim view of me.
Friend, I think you’re coming off the wrong way.
I understand high school can feel suffocating. By working with your counselor, I’m sure you can try to get art and/or computer science classes into your schedule to compliment those classes required to graduate.
Please understand that public education is a privilege even with its flaws, and dismissal of it is easily offensive.