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Originally Posted by Tempest
I certainly don't want to be the kill joy here. Have you wondered why all your friends are in college and you're not? I love Mark Twain, ( he lived in a different century) just make sure that the regret you have 20 years from now, is not that you didn't go sailing, but that you didn't go to college.
If I may, I'd like to suggest that it IS possible to do both. Get a college degree AND take time to go sailing and have fun. As a man, you will eventually ( if you don't already) have to get up everyday and go to work to support yourself and maybe your family. Trying to do that with only a HS diploma in 2012 and beyond could severely limit any future " fun adventures" you might want to undertake.
More women are graduating college today than men, and the number of women with advanced degrees have recently surpassed men holding advanced degree. Investing in yourself ( education) today will pay dividends in the future and open up more options.
Both in the ability to have fun and get a date.. ( women don't often marry down) Just saying.
BTW, it is possible to have lots of fun...well past your 20's.
Back to our regularly scheduled programming.
Good luck in whatever you do.
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Well... I've never been the schooling type. I got my first real job when I was about 13 or 14 working for a landscaper in the summer, then I needed a winter job so I started to work on a farm which gave me all year work. Junior year in high school I worked at least 40-50 hours a week WHILE going to school, but hey, I had money for a kid my age. My senior year I signed up for syber school (which took about 2-3 hours a day, doing the minimun to pass). I got to work more, have more free time, and started my business in the spring of 2011. With a little money and a whole lot of ambition, I started A.M. Carter Lawn Care with a 1987 pickup with a $500 trailer, lawn mower and one lawn mowing customer. To make a long story short I've currently worked for 100+ costumers, most of which are repeats. I've upgraded my equipment a little with currently over $65,000 invested in less than a year, (yes, the banks helped, but not a penny was given to me)I've expanded into hardscaping (retaining walls, patios, walkways etc...), snow removal, small scale excavating, and soon radon testing. I never dreamed it would grow this far this fast, but it did and I'm not slowing it down.
Right now, work is slow unless it snows, but this summer I expect to be working 6-7 days a week. If I need to I may be opting for some summer help.
No one is going to argue that most people who go to college do better in life than someone who doesn't, but I hate for someone to think that everyone should go to college if they want to have money and do well. People with skills are becoming more valuable in this economy, because less and less people have hands on skills. I know quite a few people who went to college and are working the local "drop out" jobs because they can't find any work in their degree area, (that's got to hurt with a tuition).
If I ever meet a woman who turns her head because I don't have a degree then she's no woman I'd have any interest in. I'll probably never be rich and I'm ok with that. If I could own a sucessful business that pays my bills and allows me to have some fun every now and then I'll be happy.
Damn.... I just hijacked my own thread (is that illegal?)
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