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Old 01-31-2018, 05:30 AM

I didn't really want to, but I skipped out on learning a language in high school. I tried twice but it was too much to manage on top of everything else going on. I made up the credits with extra science classes and some community service to graduate. lol

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#4802
Old 01-31-2018, 05:57 AM

I had an elementary school teacher who offered some preliminary Spanish as a "fun" extra curricular thing during class.
We weren't graded on the work we did...it was more like personal interest.
I learned how to count and say the days of the week and months of the year.
Shortly after completing that grade, I had to move to Colorado and a completely chaotic school system...and I somehow skipped foreign language for the remainder of my school years ( grades 8 thru 10 before I dropped out).
I think I opted to take Choir which kept me out of foreign language and physical Ed.

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Old 01-31-2018, 06:02 AM

I'm not sure why I got out of phys ed... I guess it was because I spent part day at one school and part day at another...which didn't even offer gym. So I think it just slipped through the cracks. Or maybe I didn't show up enough they just "forgot"

*I was skipping classes all the time for a while...not proud of that though. I kinda regret it? but at the same time I would show up for tests even without doing the homework and still do well? so... I don't think anyone was going to rock the boat on that one, because I couldn't even cheat. They'd check me before tests and I had a special room to myself because of my ADHD. lol *high fives the person who created IEPs* without distractions in class I was finally able to actually finish a test.

Sorry hyper. I guess my point was, I'm freakin' glad I actually graduated. LOL

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#4804
Old 01-31-2018, 07:17 AM

Kudos to monstahh for graduating!
I dropped out when I was 16, had some kids, then got my GED when I was in my late 20's.
I didn't need to study or take any pre-GED classes...I just took the tests and scored in the top 20 percentile for the state for that year.
Sadly, I have had no reason to show anyone my certificate and it has been packed away for decades.

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#4805
Old 01-31-2018, 01:37 PM

Thanks Inzane. :3

I haven't done anything with my degree either. :(

I'm not even sure I still HAVE my diploma anymore. My room basically got ransacked when I left for college for ONE semester :lol:

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#4806
Old 01-31-2018, 04:13 PM

I was surprised that I graduated high school. I took my last three years of high school online and the first two years were sheer hell. :C I ended up getting a highest grade of a C. But the last year of high school, I turned it all around and ended up getting all As.

I was even allowed to walk with my original high school when we got our diplomas. I didn't use it and I didn't end up going to college or anything because my career goals don't require college. c:

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#4807
Old 01-31-2018, 04:52 PM

I had two graduations because I went to two schools. lol
It was fun, I was actually the speaker for one...Though I cried through most of my speech...not sure anyone understood me to this day...LOL

I am a complete sap IRL.

I almost dropped out myself, but I stuck through it because my "counselor" started bribing me with coffee (which we weren't supposed to have because it was supposed to be for teacher's only, but holy heck it helped...otherwise I'd just sleep through class...)

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#4808
Old 01-31-2018, 10:06 PM

I couldn't finish college due to finances. I had no trouble keeping up with classes, didn't have any professors that I disliked, no problems with the dorms (for the most part, anyway), had a couple clubs...but the financial aid office was zero help whatsoever. All they help they'd give you is plop you in a computer lab and point you to the FAFSA page, then leave you to figure the rest out on your own. And if FAFSA wasn't enough to cover your tuition, well...have fun figuring out how to navigate grants, scholarships, and student loans, because all we'll do is tell you what you need and not help you actually do them.

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#4809
Old 01-31-2018, 10:15 PM

I never went to college,
I don't think I would like it very much... and my career goals don't really require college and I just don't see a point in even going if I am already making money doing what I love without it. :s

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#4810
Old 01-31-2018, 10:36 PM

Kudos Ava~

Sadly the only way I'd be able to get a job doing something I like is getting a degree... *screams obscenities*

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#4811
Old 01-31-2018, 10:46 PM

Aw man! What kind of job would you like? :)

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#4812
Old 01-31-2018, 10:57 PM

One where I can work in a chem lab, pretty much anything dealing with SPAAAAACE X'D, illustration, writing, building things....basically, everything that is not in this area. I live in a town where the primary employers are Walmart and fast food joints =__=

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#4813
Old 01-31-2018, 11:08 PM

Ohh, I see. :(
That's not fun! I hope that someday you can move to someplace where you can get hired doing what you love. :)

I have to move in order to make a career out of doing what I love...
I want to act in commercials and I've already been in a few, but there isn't a big market for commercials out here, so I am moving with my parents to Los Angeles in order to continue acting in commercials and hopefully get paid better!

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#4814
Old 01-31-2018, 11:21 PM

Good luck Ava!

Yeah...the only problem I have is I don't have the money to move...in order to get the not-hateable job that would ideally pay me the money to be able to move in the first place.... Classic catch-22 there.

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#4815
Old 01-31-2018, 11:33 PM

Thanks, Taiyo. :)

UGH! That sounds stressful. >.< Is there anyway you could sell stuff? Or maybe work from home?

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Old 01-31-2018, 11:35 PM

Nope. Pretty much all the work-from-home jobs out there would require me to have Internet...which I don't. Nor can I commute, as Mom's the one with the car and the license.

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#4817
Old 01-31-2018, 11:40 PM

Aw man. :C
That's too bad. I will keep sending good juju your way and keep hoping that someday you are able to find work doing what you love... whether that means moving or just staying where you are. :D

Commuting is rough and I totally get that feel! I, too, don't have a license or a car, so wherever I go, my mom usually goes too. :/

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#4818
Old 01-31-2018, 11:46 PM

Right now it seems like the only way I'll be able to make money doing something that I like, or at least something that doesn't make me want to shoot myself in the foot, is to get a book published. And I'm not even through editing the one I'm working on now....

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#4819
Old 01-31-2018, 11:54 PM

Keep working on it, Taiyo!
I believe in you. You'll get it done and published!

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#4820
Old 02-01-2018, 12:17 AM


Yes, don't give up, you can do it!

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#4821
Old 02-01-2018, 01:24 AM

We'll be your personal cheerleaders, Taiyo!

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#4822
Old 02-01-2018, 01:38 AM


Yes we will and Hummy will have teal pom poms

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#4823
Old 02-01-2018, 02:06 AM

I'm told editing a book is the toughest part. Best of luck getting there and gettin' it done!!!

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#4824
Old 02-01-2018, 11:52 PM

*waves blue glitter pom poms*

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#4825
Old 02-02-2018, 12:14 AM


Another cheerleader

 



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