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Apr 02, 2009, 10:43 AM
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It's something I've been seriously considering... I'm a senior now, but I'm supposed to be coming back again next year and I really don't think I can handle it...
I'm missing school for weeks at a time because I just can't make myself go and sometimes I just want to cry... So I've been thinking about dropping out... and getting my GED because I wouldn't have to do all the stuff I'm doing now... There's still classes and stuff but not all day so it's less for me to deal with... Just wondering if anyone else has ever done this... or if anyone thinks it's a good/bad idea... |
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Apr 02, 2009, 10:57 AM
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Are you suffering from general anxiety or are there things going on at school specifically that are making you feel this way?
I've never had a lot of problems with school but many of the people I have become freinds with over the years I have lost because I accepted growing up, becoming more mature, thinking about my future. I couldn't wait to get my senior year over and done with! My first year of college was so much fun. I went to a college where I knew no one! I knew it would force me to be more social even though I hated putting in that kind of effort. Over the next 2 years my freshmen best friends have changed dramatically and we aren't close anymore (I don't trust them) I can graduate early if I want next year but I'm going to stay. It's important I give myself the opportunity to learn and when I graduate I'll be sooo proud of myself! If you feel this bad you should find a professional to talk to. I have a lot of friends that have gone through tough times and have found therapists, counselors, and life coaches to help them. A friend of mine had an abortion and after finishing 2 more semesters she dropped out for 1. She didn't bother getting help, working to save money (the reasons she dropped out in the first place) she just partied. She just wasted a semester and got nothing done for herself. I think if you could find the strength to continue you would know you accomplished something. Education is so important and it's important to finish what you started.
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Apr 02, 2009, 03:32 PM
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I am too a senior now - but during the third year thought about droping out....i understand how you feel  I don`t know what exactly your problem is and if you explain it may help us give us a better advice I had a problem because of the critisizm and never doing htings as i planned them ..self asteem of "can i make it am i good enough etc - and i still have some pani/dear over the studies..its a painful subect for me too. Did you delay your senior year? If you don`t drop out - are you sure you will have a breakdown? |
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Apr 02, 2009, 10:19 PM
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I originally dropped out of high school. It was one of the 2 worse mistakes of my life. I have very rarely seen people drop out & immediately get their GED. After years of dead in jobs & personal struggles. I went back. I am now 33 with 4 kids that has been working towards my bachelor degree for the last 5 years. If your simply wanting to drop because of the school work it won't get any easier later. I have emmensly more on my plate than most college students but the reality is professors aren't going to cut you any slack for that. Typically, you are only going to make things harder on yourself eventually. |
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Apr 03, 2009, 12:05 AM
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There's alot of stuff going into this whole issue...
I've always had issues with school but I could deal with it... Alot of stuff happened recently though... I was raped earlier in the school year and there's the issue with seeing the guy's who did it everyday. Also now I'm having flashbacks that I haven't quite figured out yet and I've just recently started thinking about when I was younger and how little I actually remember which is hard... I just don't really know right now... it's all really building up right now... |
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Apr 03, 2009, 02:17 AM
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From my own personal experience. My first year of high school I rarely ever went. I would skip for days or weeks at a time. The result was my being held back a grade. I did however through sheer diligence manage to make up the credits I had lost and graduate only a half year behind my class. During the summer before my last year the school restructured its classes and upon returning to school I was informed that they were not offering a few of the classes I needed to graduate during the first half of the year and I would have to take night courses as well as graduate a full year behind my class. I was furious. I sat down with my administrator and we spoke openly. She explained to me that employers no longer look at whether a person has a high school diploma or not. Employers want to see if people have a college degree or technical training. She told me that I could leave high school and register to take the GED testing as my class had already graduated. After obtaining my GED I would be able to attend college. I took her advice and immediately got my GED and registered at the local community college. Im not saying that this is the best way for anyone. These were options available to me and I made my decision. I do not regret my decision. I would say that if one is serious about obtaining a GED and has the ability to follow through then its an option... not the best, not the worst. Leaving school and not immediately getting a GED would however be a mistake in my opinion. |
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Apr 03, 2009, 08:27 AM
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I'm considering doing the same thing so I know how you feel. Just do whatever you think is best for you and let me know how everything turns out!
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Apr 03, 2009, 10:46 AM
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Apr 03, 2009, 04:05 PM
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Both my brother, and my step-sister dropped out of high school and got their GED's. While I do emphasize that you should get your GED as soon as possible, I'd also like to note that despite popular belief- you can still get into a college with a GED. Not Yale or Harvard or anything, but in the very least a community college, and from there you can transfer to pretty much whatever school you choose. So long as you do this (instead of dropping out and not getting a GED at all) you can be just as successful as anybody else who graduated.
Now, it is your's, and only your's decision to make if you drop out. Not the school's, not your parents, just once you do if you choose to do so just make sure you get your GED as quick as you can afterwards so that makes this transition in life a lot easier. |
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Apr 04, 2009, 04:23 AM
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Apr 11, 2009, 12:32 PM
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I helped a work friend who dropped out when she was 14 (she was pregnant) and had spent a long time getting her GED (in our state it requires lots of special courses first, in addition to the test so check out your location's requirements before you think it's "easier") and then was trying to get a college business certificate and finally had to drop out of that because working and taking care of her family and the "learning curvre" (I was tutoring her in the remedial math she had to take) was just too much for her.
I'd tough it out another year if you can so you'll have more choices later in life when you may feel better and want to move forward easier.
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Apr 12, 2009, 09:36 PM
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I've had the same problem in college....Normally I make such good grades, but by the end of last semester I was diagnosed with depression and very bad anxiety. I have missed classes that i actually want to go to ...but cannot get myself to get up ...It's hard but just remember that it will make you feel so much better to finish!
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Apr 13, 2009, 09:04 PM
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"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?" ~ Robert Browning Good luck!!! Believe in yourself!!!  ~BxD |
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Apr 13, 2009, 09:48 PM
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I took a break for a while and then went back. The most helpful thing for me was to do one year part time with basically half a workload. Don't know if that would be an option for you? I hear what you are saying about feeling like you can't cope / go to class sometimes. When I dropped completely I found that things felt worse, however, because I had nothing to really distract me from my ruminations. Going part time gave me something else to focus on sometimes but was realistic for me with respect to being able to do what was required - even though it was still hard. I also had time to think about stuff and process therapy etc.
Would that be an option? |
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