Please comment with advice about quitting school.

Posted on June 04, 2012 at 04:22 AM (UTC) ( 12 months ago);
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Hello anyone reading this, thanks for taking the time and hopefully taking more time to comment. I do, truly appreciate it. I'm 16, just finishing grade 10. My passion is photography and my dream is to become a successful photojournalist for a major company like Nat Geo. **The problem is:** * I genuinely hate High School* I've had a tough upbringing and it's all taught me that *following what makes me happy* should be of top priority in my life. I value my family and happiness much more than an education earned in a "traditional" manor. The way I see it there's no time to waste. And i'm not making this decision out of anger or desperation. I've thought about this for a long time and I still believe that there is more value in an alternate route for my life. BOTTOM LINE: Would it be so wrong and doomed if I chose to leave High School, use the 2-3 years that would have been spent earning a diploma on earning work and irreplacable life experience AND money to support my dream as a photographer THEN at the age of 18 (the age I would have received a diploma anyway) take a GED exam (National equivalent to a Diploma) and continue on to higher education from then on IF I CHOOSE. Would that be so difficult and backbreaking that I'd be damned to min. wage and unhappiness for the rest of my life like people have been telling me!? No matter how many times other people try to tell me what will happen to **my** life if I drop out, *no one* can predict the twists and turns that lead a person to were and who they will be. ** SOOO, with all that considered, I would very much appreciate some advice or words of experience on my ideas and predicament. (leave out any "You shouldn't do this!!" "you don't know how hard it'll be!" or "you'll only be able to get min. wage!")**

 

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  1. RE: Please comment with advice about quitting school.

    Posted on June 04, 2012 at 08:12 PM (UTC) ( 12 months ago )
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    You're **16**. No offense, but you're mind can change between now and your intended career acheivement. If you quite high school and change your mind, your options would be incredibly limited. Don't quite high school. I know it's hard- but it leaves the world that much bigger for you to explore and gives you so many more options. My advice? Finish high school and go to College. Not to burst your bubble but photojournalism is increbily competitive and you need absolutely every edge possible to lift you up and set you apart from the rest. Quitting high school would show a lack of commitment to future employers. there are several photojournalism programs out there in post secondary institutions. It may take longer, but you won't find the success you're thinking of by the time you reach 18. Don't be stupid. Stay in school.

  2. RE: Please comment with advice about quitting school.

    Posted on June 07, 2012 at 05:22 AM (UTC) ( 12 months ago )
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    wrote the following:

    You could go to college after you get your GED, it works for some people... do what you want

  3. RE: Please comment with advice about quitting school.

    Posted on June 13, 2012 at 04:22 AM (UTC) ( 11 months ago )
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    wrote the following:

    i dont believe you should quit highschool, I too love photography and would love to be a photographer but you can practice your photography and go to highschool! you have a higher chance of getting a job if you fo complete high school