Why are people who dropped out of high school looked down upon? Not everyone wants to waste 4 years in a place where no learning takes place, just lies.
lol why dont you just drop out then idiot. Have fun at mcdonalds.
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Anonymous2007-08-05 12:29 ID:Y5/jemS/
Want to know how I hire people? I don't give a fuck about your background or what degrees you have or don't have. I give you 10 minutes to do the job and if it's obvious you don't know shit, I'll say "next".
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Anonymous2007-08-05 12:29 ID:sOXCaidF
Most high school drop-outs will become either drug dealers, strippers, construction workers, cab drivers, or will work in any other job that most people look down upon.
Some might get lucky and become successful, but they have some kind of talent or they educated themselves.
In general though, drop-outs are a low species.
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Anonymous2007-08-05 12:30 ID:Y5/jemS/
Education is something schooling stands in the way of. What do you care about more? Knowledge or money. Pick.
Unfortunately unqualified people are being given serious jobs with $30 dollar an hour wages simply because they have degrees. If they did things your way, that wouldn't be the case.
I don't mind if anyone drops out of any of the educational institutions. However, we need to hear your plan otherwise ... and believe me, staying home in your mother's basement posting to 4chan and hittin' your Wii all day is NOT a plan otherwise. Wii, weed and wanking -- these are the Unholy Trinity of the common HS dropout.
Also, I am a high school drop out too. But I live in Texas and the education system down here is utter garbage. I am going to work on getting my GED within the next few months than go to a community college near here and get take some network administrator classes. During this time I plan on picking up a few extra skills like programming.
Good for you, #16. You're workin' your plan and that includes having made the conscious decision to have your HS just suck it. Public education systems are generally getting worse with each decade, and I actually EXPECT a rising number of students to say "fuck THIS" and opt themselves out.
I've come into contact with public-school teachers these days, and I gotta tell ya -- they're just collectin' a paycheck, benefits and a retirement package that as a whole exceeds what's available in the private sector. They know it. We know it (well, those of us willing to be honest about it). They count the days until their retirement and they have COMPLETELY given up on educating the pupils who are shoveled into their classrooms.
To be fair, we the public are being leveraged. The administrators are such a drag on the system that the teachers feel underpaid (and their union takes it 110% in that direction). The administrators are a core problem in any public school system, as their numbers tend to increase even when enrollment and the number of teachers DECREASES.
I graduated from a school that makes the bottom 25 of list of good schools every year, and I own a business and make good money. Nothing about my business has anything to do with what I learned in school. But that doesn't still mean that drop outs aren't scum. Because, for the most part, they are.
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Anonymous2007-08-05 19:14 ID:Bu9JOJui
This is me the topic creator. I don't understand why people look down at GEDs. Studies show that when tested the majority of people including high graduates who graduated from the fine American schools failed the GED tests.
So, which one means more? The high school diploma or the high school equivalency diploma? I'll take the latter thank you.
OP, generally speaking, anyone or organization that holds your GED against you is largely one that you don't want to be a part of in the first place.
If you're inclined to seek a college degree, you should well note that GEDs get into college just fine provided they're otherwise capable (and if you['re not chasing the Gay Ivy), and once the degree is obtained, no one asks about whether or not you obtained a GED or HD diploma.