high school drop out

[birdgirl73]

You may not like this fact, but you made it about school when you said you dropped out at 16. Then you happened to mention that you're on a deadline to find a job and an apartment. You also mentioned that you're black.

Maybe you can't see this yet and some of this input will help you to get this in perspective. By dropping out of school, you basically cemented your destiny to become a tragic statistical reality, particularly for a young man of color. Lack of education. Lack of prospects other than drug dealing and crime. Lack of opportunities. By dropping out of school before you've received a diploma, you've just increased your likelihood of becoming a crime victim yourself--and of perpetuating the same vicious cycle with the children you will father in the future.

Please listen to reason. Education is your ticket to a better place. To a decent job. To a hope of rising above the circumstances you currently find yourself in. To hope for the next generation. Please find a way to return to school or get that GED. Then try and get more education past high school. It's the singlemost important way for young people to get ahead, particularly people of color. I'm not saying this because I'm a racist but because I'm a well-informed realist. You should be, too. If you doubt the accuracy of what I'm saying, do some research into the messages to young people from the NAACP or the speeches given by Bill Cosby or Senator Barack Obama. It's not too late to make a difference in your own life.

[NextLineIsMine]

If you go through with this youll probably end up stuck in dead end jobs for the next twenty years, at least get some community college degree itll make a big difference and youll earn 10times as much cash

[liberiamom]

Just curious if you don't mind sharing...what subject do you teach?

I teach Creative Writing, Philosophy, World Mythology, English, and Humanities Through the Arts. I'm fortunate that I have degrees in a couple of different disciplines, so I can switch around when I get bored-

[MacWQ33]

I teach Creative Writing, Philosophy, World Mythology, English, and Humanities Through the Arts. I'm fortunate that I have degrees in a couple of different disciplines, so I can switch around when I get bored-

Wow thats really great..good for you. I always knew some college professors got high...some that I've had were some of the deepest people I've ever met....Now were you always a smoker (I'm assuming you are lol)..even when you were in school? If so that proves a lot...so for anyone who thinks they can't accomplish anything because of marijuana...think again...cuz this one right here did it!

[benagain]

I dunno what you're gonna do now being a dropout and all, but make sure that when you go to wash my car in 10 years that you scrub off all the love-bugs nice an' good.

Dude, go back to school, or get your GED. This is the MININUM requirement for you to get by. You really need to try and go past that if you can. Plenty of people have got by just fine with just a HS diploma or GED, but they've had to bust their ass to get past the low-income bracket. That or be really lucky.

[liberiamom]

I have smoked pot for about 35 years- with a 9 year break after I quit drinking (that drug almost killed me!) and was afraid it would cause me to relapse. But then my mom died and I thought "life is too short to live without smoking pot" - because I love it! I write very nice poetry when I'm high. I find it easier to stay in the moment.
I went back to school as an adult (after dropping out to be a model/actress for several years) and maybe that is why I wasn't distracted. I think teenagers should be very cautious about smoking too much weed though, because their brains are still developing, and they don't have very disciplined work habits. It's better to keep it to the weekends if you are trying to learn new things in school, but for artistic endeavors, pot can help free the muse

[MacWQ33]

Great point..I definitely agree with you about waiting to at least graduating high school before making marijuana a daily part of life.

[fikusroot]

What about like 1-3 times a week for a kid in highschool?

[surreys princess]

i think frankie avalon said it best in grease.... "go back to high schoooooooool"..... (sorry, i love that damn movie..)

:twocents:

princess

ps..the last thing i would be worried about is a car man...

[pwn3dy0]

Get back in school man. In todays world without a diploma you're doomed.