16 year old quits school to play Guitar Hero full-time

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bbsin said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

bbsin said:
This is why the gaming industry gets a bad rep.

 

I don't support Guitar Hero in the least, nor Rockband. Its sad that a bunch of wannabes are being paid for this shit. I leave games like this for dorks and wannabes. I wouldn't shell out money for something like that when I could buy a beautiful real guitar.

 

It's not even that. It's the point that the kid is throwing away his education just because he won $1000 worth of prizes, I mean serisouly? 1 grand? That's hardly even a fraction of my monthly mortgage + bills. Whoever drops out of school just to play videogames are fools, he also lives in the same city as me, I guess this is another bad seed from raleigh NC.

I don't know what will happen with this kid's life but homeschoolers do better on standardized tests than kids from government schools.  I don't see how being educated at home means he is throwing away his education.  He didn't quit school, just government school.