Advice?

[ridethefire]

Well... This school year is almost over (I am a junior) and I am doing horribly. I think that I am failing like 3 or 4 classes- Im not dumb or anything, I just have a very hard time paying attention and my mind just wanders (even when I go to class with the mind-set that I am going to focus and do my work). I do wonderfully on tests but I just dont do classwork or homework. I recently was put on an attendance contract since I skipped like 32 days, which means I have to go the rest of the year. I am pretty sure I will not have enough credits to graduate sooo- What do you guys think about getting a GED? My plans after high school are to go to culinary school and become a chef. With a GED I can still go to Culinary school and community colleges. What do you think? :confused:

[NowhereMan]

i know a few people with GED's ,so long as it fits your future ,they work.
if you can pass the test your educated like any other with 12 yrs at a desk.
dont let nobody tell ya any different ,a GED will open same doors as a diploma ,in fact it is one,it says you have your basic skills.
peace

[OreO]

whoa...u sound axactley like me...the diff is that it happened a year ago this time...i dropped out too and i was a junior. I got my GED and now im going to community college and im doing better there then in highschool. I would do it since i did do it...if u think its the right thing do it...i was given the chance to goto an alternative school but i said no and got my GED. Also i already was planning on going to community college as soon as i graduate so highschool didnt matter and now i can transfer to most colleges since im passing wit good grades. Just remember this highschool is not for everyone

[kyle]

If your only a Junior, can't you make it up in the next few years? If not a GED will work for you by the sounds. Just get your act together and maybe smoke less bud if that's what's fucking with you. You could always turn to behavioral problem drugs like Ritalin, Adderal or Dexedrine; however I recommend staying away of Dexedrine, or any of those for that matter but they may possibly help you. I don't really know what to tell you as I'm not even in High School yet so I don't really grasp the concept of your situation, in any case: good luck dude!

[ScarlettCrush]

government run teaching facilities treat you as if you had a barcode across your ass. Your scanned, evaluated on the same scale as everyone else, and your set on a shelf with everyone else. Your creativity, individuality, and learning style don't really make a fuck to them as long as you do exactly as they say stand in line nicely and don't put gum under the seats. Not everyone learns the same and ADD didn't even exist until 40 years ago. Your mind isn't there with the boring old person in boring old clothes reading her government approved script she has memorized and is force feeding down your throat in the dryest, most unimaginative way with a droning monotone voice....yes obviously your the problem. lol
fuck em, drop out, get your ged and find somewhere you are not treated like a dolt.
I have my ged, I went to community and state college, I make 200$ an hour now. You can be a success if you want to be and it sounds like you know where your at. Just don't lose your focus once you drop out and get your Good Enough Diploma. ;-)

[A Foo Says]

Scarlett what do you do to make 200$ an hour? How many hours do you work daily/weekly?

[ridethefire]

Thanx for the advice guys... Helps a lot!

[madkat]

I am a lurker here, but I have to say: Stay in school! You will NEVER get a good job with a GED.

You have have ADD or some other problem. This evidently means something to you, so if you feel you can't go to your parents then go talk to a school conselor. They can get you help, both with your attention problems and with your studying.

Of course, you could always listen to some peoples advice and go work at McDonalds. Or become a SEX worker. :eek: Then you, too, can make $200 an hour.

[mushkis]

fidethefire:

What, are you HIGH? (Oooops, forgot the context :rolleyes: ). Here are my thoughts:

School is your job at this stage in your life, and it is one of the BEST jobs anyone can have. I have a great job and I still wish I could afford to be a professional student.
We are lucky in this country. There are many places the in the rest of the world whre you would not be given the opportunity to drop out, they would have KICKED you out a long time ago without an opportunity to go to community college later. Don't waste your opportunity.
People -usually people without education- will try to present all kinds of ancedotal evidence to support a bogus claim that education has nothing to do with income or quality of life. BULLSHIT! Sure there a are some people without an education who have good jobs, but they are the EXCEPTION, not the rule. And nearly all the time, their job - usually entrepreneurial business owners- has absolutely NOTHING to do with their level of education.
I have been on both sides: without education in low paying jobs where I used my body (restauraunt worker, lower enlisted in the Army, a landscaper in Texas in the summer, a window washer); with education in high paying, jobs where I used my MIND (a business manager and a software developer). The latter is WAY better, believe me.
I dropped out, joined the army, got a little older and decided I wanted a piece of the pie. I didn't want some moron with a degree telling me what to do. I wanted a decent house. But without a degree it didn't matter one bit. The people with more education were calling the shots. Make now mistake aobout it, the people with the degrees call the shots. Until I got my degree I could not get any traction. As soon as I got my degree everything changed. I did it the hard way. Believe me, it is MUCH, MUCH harder to go back and fix things than it is to just do it right the first time.

I could go on for pages about how I have seen where education DOES make a difference. I have worked and do work with well educated people (most from outside the U.S., by the way) and it DOES make a difference. They not only know more because of what they have learned, they are able to learn new things much quicker, they are more productive, they are better able to communicate their ideas, on and on and on.

But I don't think any of this matters to you. I don't think your issue has anythging to do with education, I think it has to do with motivation. If you are not motivated to do one of the easiest, most rewarding things now, I doubt you will be motivated to do much else later. Maybe Kyle is right, smoke less bud!

Good luck!

[Looker]

Scarlett what do you do to make 200$ an hour? How many hours do you work daily/weekly?


HEY SCARLETT FOO IS TRYING TO PIMP YOU.... :D

[Looker]

Thats the problem with good bud...

IT CAN DEMOTIVATE YOU SOMETIMES.... :D

[Kramerica]

Here in SC, the state is taking money away from public education every year, and even the teachers could give a shit anymore. They just want to make their time and get a pension

[Looker]

Here in SC, the state is taking money away from public education every year, and even the teachers could give a shit anymore. They just want to make their time and get a pension

Makes em sound like prison guards, dont it, Kramerica?? :D

[koshea]

ADD didn't even exist until 40 years ago. Your mind isn't there with the boring old person in boring old clothes reading her government approved script she has memorized and is force feeding down your throat in the dryest, most unimaginative way with a droning monotone voice....yes obviously your the problem.

40 years ago smoking cigarettes didnt cause lung cancer either, its called development in science, discoverys, and advanced medications..

[ScarlettCrush]

Scarlett what do you do to make 200$ an hour? How many hours do you work daily/weekly?

I'm a dominatrix.

[madkat]

As I said earlier, you can stay in school and get a real job, or you can become a sex worker.

Now don't you know your Mama would be proud of THAT?? :eek:

[GreenGaucho]

Stop being lazy and go to school. Graduate from high school at least and then go to your culinary school or at least a junior college. Seriously, even restaurants won't take you seriously if you don't graduate from highschool.

[ScarlettCrush]

As I said earlier, you can stay in school and get a real job, or you can become a sex worker.

Now don't you know your Mama would be proud of THAT?? :eek:


judge not, lest ye be judged.

unless you've walked a mile in my stilleto's you have no idea what it's about.

[madkat]

No thanks! Might catch somethin'!

[SumSkater540]

haha tell us about your job scarlett...making $200 an hour to perform sexual acts all day seems like a pretty good job

[ScarlettCrush]

do you know how many CC's of sterile saline it takes to perform a proper scrotal linflation, do you know what shibari means or how to tie a half shank, would you know how many volts is safe for a 45 year old heavy smoker, can you snap a whip 2 inches from someone's ear, do you know how to perform full heat mummification, sanely guide someone through age regression or sensory deprivation, do you now how to safely perform breathplay, how to insert a catheter, how to take someone to the absolute edge of what they can take...and then push them further. Do you know how to evaluate someone at a glance, how to tell on the phone what someone wants, what they need and how they are like from a five minute conversation.
I don't have sex with my clients ever, and to suggest so is to seriously disrespect myself and my position.
I have invested thousands of dollars and thousands of hours of my time learning how to do these things and so many more. I have spent so much money and creativity on instruments and dungeon furniture. I run my own business, accounting, promotions, web design. I change lives for the better on a weekly basis..... and what do you do, but sit here and critisize me.
Shame on you.

[likemclever]

I bet she could put some shit on you that you didnâ??t even know existed.....never fuck with a dominatrix.

[jacquelyne]

I dont really know about the education system there.I was the same at school i didnt want to be there most of my friends left in yr 10 but i wasnt allowed.I finished and got a job as a trainee dental assistant/hygienist.I did that for5 a few yrs and finished the course was ok.I never wanted to go to uni i cant justify paying $50,000 for a year at university even though there is a hecs fee so it dont need to be payed until your earing over 40,000 a year.The things that i love and wanted to learn i had to pay big money for but the other (more important things) through tertiary and further education is the best way to go.It probably only costs $600 per year for whatever u want to do.There is just about every course imaginable and heaps of trade courses like chef or electrical engineer whatever.I became a qualified aromatherapist,cert 1,2 &3 fine arts,dental course and im about to apply for a course called artistic welding i hope i get in there are no formal entry requirements for that course as its a pre trade course.

[madkat]

Actually I am quite familiar with several forms of rope play, and have known the art of knot tying since I was a Junior Girl Scout. I took a course of Midoriâ??s in California several years ago, so I am well acquainted with shibari. I am very open minded when it comes to sexuality and BDSM, but the idea of promoting the lifestyle as a way to make money is an anathema.

I can only guess you mean scrotal â??INFLATIONâ?�, and all I can say to that is â??Why the flying fuck would I care about blowing up a ball sack?â?�

Yadayadayadayada, talk as much as you will about all your â??knowledgeâ?�, being a Professional Domme is being a sex-worker. You make your living taking money from people to fulfill their warped sexual desires.

[Mojavpa]

Yadayadayadayada, talk as much as you will about all your â??knowledgeâ?�, being a Professional Domme is being a sex-worker. You make your living taking money from people to fulfill their warped sexual desires.

If thats your definition of a sex worker, then many people fit that category-probably many people in the music and entertainment industry. Is Britney Spears a sex worker? I mean, in my eyes, shes not a musician, just someone who makes her living being a sex symbol.

[ScarlettCrush]

there is obviously a need, and thank god there are open minded skiled people like myself to fill it. Empathy is also something needed to be a pro domme, I suggest you also try to get some. It may help you get along better with your fellow man.
I'm through defending myself, and I'm through giving a shit what you have to say about it. I wish I knew half as much as you since your so very sure of what is what and who is who.

[madkat]

The entire point of me posting to begin with is that you should not encourage a child to drop out of school.


If thats your definition of a sex worker, then many people fit that category-probably many people in the music and entertainment industry. Is Britney Spears a sex worker? I mean, in my eyes, shes not a musician, just someone who makes her living being a sex symbol.

Actually, a Pro Domme advertises such things as Golden Showers, Cock and Ball Torture, Anal Sex with strap on dilidos, and enemas. I think that is a wee bit more than "entertaining" and all the way into "sex worker" category, don't ya think?

Evidently your GED did not help you very much. "You're" is the correct contraction for "you are", not "your".

And I know who I am and what I am worth. I got my education and can do anything I want in the world. I may not make $200 an hour, but at least I can hold my head up in public.

[likemclever]

"You're" being a jerk.......feel better.

[llamaman666]

You can get a GED in more than 4 years, just go to summer school. ANd if all else fails do one of those things they advertise

[madkat]

"You're" being a jerk.......feel better.

Yes, for actually saying STAY IN SCHOOL, yes I am. Thank you for asking!

I have a niece who is going through a rough patch, making bad grades, is very depressed about life in general. Her parents are asshats and can't open their eyes to see the kids problem.

I told her to go to her counselor for help, and guess what! Thing's are much better. She is getting help, she is taking meds, her grades are better.

Yeah, I know she is lucky as hell and not everyone can get help like that. But as least she got off her ass, quit her whining and got her shit straightened out.

If you can't handle the shit, stop it. NOTHING IN THIS WORLD is more important than a good education.