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[Radioactive_Springtime]

Just graduated. How does being out of secondary/highschool affect your life?

 

[manger]

Are you going to college?

 

[Linsejko]

Well, you direct your own life now. You aren't just following the rails of society. Your peer base generally encompasses people with wider horizons.

And you are free of that toxic atmosphere...

Do take a second to evaluate your life and realize where you are going. It could (and probably will) change your life.

.L

(Oh, and no lolcats, please. -_-)

 

[Kuu]

It really depends on where you currently live, and where/what you will study in college (if you will). That is really a turning point in life, and really stressful if you are unsure about your future. I had a couple of friends going through complete nervous breakdowns because of that, and some are going now through mid-college crisis. My own brother's total lack of practical focus and planning capacity (he's INTP too for all I know) should have graduated _years_ ago, but career jumped so much that he feels he's stuck and lost a decade of his life doing nothing...

I blame modern society for abandoning the old apprentice system, and the overall contemporary lack-of-meaning zeitgeist...

Here, the toxic high school atmosphere persists... but the sheer number of people allows me to find more open minded and mature people amidst the grown up babies.

Regardless of college, just by age, you start to be treated somewhat like a person, and if you are lucky real world people (high school is not real, it is a bad dream) might actually take your opinions semi-seriously...

 

[Radioactive_Springtime]

Mistakes I made in highschool have ensured that its going to take an extra bit of time to get college really going, as I'll be attending community college first.

 

[Frosty]

From an old fossil (me): stay in school and make sure you get a degree ... after that, it will be "welcome to the world of the indentured", as everyone will eventually line up to make you a wage slave: a mortgage, life partner, children, community expectations, government, etc.

Just out of high school eh? Blimey, you're in the prime of your life ... enjoy it!

 

[Vrecknidj]

I attended a community college for two years before transferring to a university. Nothing wrong with it. I received a fantastic education.

Dave

 

[Linsejko]

There's no reason to pay top dollar for the grunt classes... I think community college for the first year or two is a great primer, and a much cheaper entrance.

I really advise anyone who is mature enough to get out of school a year early and just do a year of community college on a GED, and then transfer 1 year ahead.

No reason to ever waste your time in public high school.

.L

 

[Jesin]

No reason to ever waste your time in public high school.

My high school (yes, it is public) is not a waste of time. It's fun being an exception.

 

[Vrecknidj]

I really advise anyone who is mature enough to get out of school a year early and just do a year of community college on a GED, and then transfer 1 year ahead.

My wife and I have two sons (presently, 14 and 19). Our older son started taking classes at the local community college when he was 14--one class per term. This August, he will have his associates degree. In May of 2007 he completed his GED. The class he would have graduated high school with just finished their first year of college. They'll be sophomores next year, he'll be a junior.

But, the point wasn't to get ahead, it was to learn at the pace he wanted to learn. And, that's what he's done. Being a year ahead is just icing on the cake.

Dave

 

[Linsejko]

Getting ahead for me is not about status, but about getting on with life. College is a potentially valuable, but time consuming experience. High school is, generally, useless- time wasted, an inefficient way to acquire a piece of paper. College, while good, is just something that is part of the journey. The quicker you get it out of the way, the sooner you can move on to the rest of your life.

I know some will say to stop and smell the roses, but if the highlight of my life is going to be college, I think I'd like to gag myself with a spoon. There are far better roses further down the road, and they only get better the further you are able to get in your life.

.L