[winson604]

I'm 30 now and dropped out in HS. I can honestly say that I'm pretty on par if not better than quite a few people in HS who finished, moved on and finished Univ. By better I mean job status/stability, type of job, and pay.

For a while in my late teens and early 20's I did jack shit. Going out every day, partying blah blah blah. Then one day b/c I was going it for so long and at an early age I just got sick of it. Starting looking for jobs and caught my first break getting hired by a Big Cooperate Company doing Customer Service. I was for sure under qualified and didn't rock the interview but I got it. It was a sweet gig, great company, decent pay, the works. I applied myself and learned a lot of skills which has carried me to this very day. After 4 years I left and applied to my current job. A job where some people dream of getting. I applied, passed the tests, passed all the interviews, and got one of 12 spots out of 2000 applicants. How did I do it? On hands experience I gained through my previous job and just experience from life in general. I'm not saying school is shit, but school isn't everything. Street Smarts is important too, I know some people who all they did was go to school and study their whole life and they are the dumbest motherfuckers when it comes to anything other than books. Would I do anything differently? Probably not, I'm glad I experienced both sides of the fence and survived nicely. I think I came away a better person and more equipped for life.