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Originally Posted by RT Wolf  Why do some people drop out of school and live out their lives in quiet desperation, while others go on to build great businesses and enjoy their lives? |
Had to address this because of the assumption that dropping out of school = leading a life of quiet desperation. This might be discouraging to those who did drop out of school. There *is* someone who dropped out of school (college) and went on to build a great business - Bill Gates. And in today's world of the GED, community college, military + GI Bill, and other opportunities, even leaving high school isn't the end of the world. There are lots of ways to go on to college as a high school dropout, and lots of opportunities for success and happiness even if you don't go to school, especially if you're a business-oriented person as opposed to a frustrated academic/physician/something that actually requires a degree. Lots of successful businesses were built by people who didn't go to college. All leaving school means anymore, is that you didn't go to the senior prom.