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by bsnss-mn-cdr 5821 days ago
"Drop out nation:..." I dropped out of high school to pursue a business venture, I had started, that was taking off at the time. Initially, I had every intention of either getting a GED, finishing online or going back at some later point if things didn't work out. That was 6 years, and a few million dollars in the bank, ago. Personally, I think those who wish to follow in others footsteps should stay in school and eventually find an empty square, that someone else has created, for their square mind to settle. For those who wish to be the first to leave the footprints in the sand ( both in business and on a real beach in the middle of nowhere ) then school may offer the right environment to get you to a point in life where you have that sort of opportunity. However, do not let the 'politically correct' society we live in keep you from taking chances early on, believing in yourself or from finding a way to do things differently even when 'they' say 'there is no other way'. There is ALWAYS another way.