Would have been 17, but the school district I attended forced us to have a one required credit in each semester of our final year, and do a senior project.
So I ended up finally earning my release a few days after my 18th birthday, earning 6 unnecessary credits in my final year. The system was set up to rob motivated students from finishing school early and moving on to work or college.
As far as education went, I feel like I graduated from public school in 8th grade. Everything else I learned going forward came from other educational avenues, work, and real world experience.
I have always wished I had the opportunity to get out and get my career started earlier. If I could have got in the door at 14, I could have made another 500K in the 4 years that public school robbed from me, and be that much better set for retirement.
It is what it is though. I guess if I really had waned to, I could have dropped out, ran away from home, earned my GED, lied about my age and residents, and took the initiative, but I have never been brave enough to go that far out on limb.
Stop hate, let others live the life they were given. Everyone has their problems, and no one should have to feel ashamed for the way they were born. Be proud of who you are, encourage others to be proud of themselves. Learn, research, absorb everything around you. Nothing is meaningless, a purpose is placed on everything no matter how you perceive it. Discover how to love, and share that love with everything that you encounter. Help make existence a beautiful thing.
Kevyn B Grams
10/03/2010
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