Hell I dropped out of high school the first week of 11th grade.
I did go to prom and grad night with my best friends. But didn't graduate on stage. I did get my G.E.D a year later.

I would go back to high school in the quickness if I could.

I like the advice Erica gave, young people it is a very competitive world in the workforce when you get out of school.#1 Even more so when papa and mama are not around to lend a helping hand anymore. The real world on your own can be hard, if you do not get a good education. So be sure and consider going to college,as a matter of fact you guys need to start taking your assessment tests now! Do not wait till later.These tests will give you a solid basis to work with, in helping provide choices in the careers which you would most be suited for in the workplace. See your career guidance counselors at your high school, or better yet go to your local college, talk to the counselors there and take their career assessment tests also. Now that you have a clear picture of where your strengths are, you proceed to the next step.

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Check out this wonderful handbook, is The next step to assure your future success: Would you believe that I talk to college students all the time, that don't even know this guide exists!

Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH), 2008-09 Edition

For hundreds of different types of jobs—such as teacher, lawyer, and nurse—the Occupational Outlook Handbook tells you:

* the training and education needed
* earnings
* expected job prospects
* what workers do on the job
* working conditions

In addition, the Handbook gives you job search tips, links to information about the job market in each State, and more.

Here Is The Link:
http://www.bls.gov/oco/

Apply for financial aid, if you qualify: The financial aid counselors at the college you will be attending will be happy to help you fill out the paperwork.

Here Is The Link:
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/


One last thought, I see that some of you have a talent for writing. A degree in English or Communications, or an Advertising Degree and you can work in Advertising & Public Relations, or maybe a Radio Tv and Film Degree,a Graphic Arts Degree etc is not only interesting but can be very rewarding, with all the things you can do with multimedia, and the Web.Not only that but the right college training will also help you become a great writer! Whatever you do do not waste your talent or your future,GO TO COLLEGE!LOL Always! :rosa: QUE VIVA LA RAZA!

Wooow! 16!

Dreamy18 wrote:im a senior ...CLASS OF 2008....Yeah baby!!! well high school for me hasn't been that hard.. i did mess around and skipped school all the time... right now im really struggling.. i am barely gona graduate...i guess i am pretty mature now.. When im walking down the hallways i see freshman acting all dumb and stupid and i wonder to myself.."man was i like that when i was a freshman??"... jeje its funny how years go by...years fly by!... i am a mom at 18...i had my baby when i was 16 so imegine how hard it is.. i just dont want ppl to be talking about me saying that i didnt make it.. i didn't want to be a drop out..

EL_GENERAL_REV. wrote:

mzbrownluv wrote:pos i ont know im currently a senior...freshman was da best it was fun i never went to class yet i never got caught and i past it like a breeze! sophomre was all dat peer pressure and shit but i survived...junior was da toughest most stressful and i regret not thinkin bout wat i did cuz now i know dats da last record dat gets sent to colleges....and last but not least my senior year has been fun buuuuuuuut da most expensive...theres my ring, cap and gown, senior breakfast, prom, yearbook, and a bunch of other crap...but its all good its almost over! but ima miss it alot!

I Know am im in the middle of see i dont know which way to go after high school one had i want the money start a small Business and watch it Grow or maybe invest in the "family Business" and see that grow but it tough work. Im also thinking of being a civil Right lawyer or Immigration lawyer you know help the people and If I become a lawyer that can spawn my Political Career and then there's a group that me and my cousin have wanted to start put that is kinda in the back burner for now. So I dont know where im headed and school is almost ending.

pues damn you got alot of plans :doh!: but then again you still got a while to make up your mind...oooooor you can do all of it...it'll take you a while but at least you'll do what you wanna do...like me i like comps and kids so ima study computer science and to be a childrens therapist...it'll take me a while but i think i'll enjoy it

I hate hs...I got 3 meses to graduate..I hate seeing the same ugly gente everyday....CLASS OF 2008....

chicanas3xy13 wrote:I hate hs...I got 3 meses to graduate..I hate seeing the same ugly gente everyday....CLASS OF 2008....

Sounds like something I would say, when I had to get up in the morning to go to school...