how did you feel in high school when they told you this?

When they told you that your grades will affect your life forever and if you dont get good grades you'll never get to go to college.

I had bad grades. I thought I was never gonna go to college in my future. I thought high school was the beginning or ending of all things in your life.

They also talked about how they never lose your grades but I called my high school and they have no record of me even going there. I went there for a semester. I guess thats good because when I get my ged I can say I never went to high school and I did homeschool.

Sounds like someone was trying to scare you into doing better. The stuff you learn in high-school is a joke imo. Most community colleges let you retake all the high-school stuff. So why not go right after middle-school?

One of my teachers tells me that all the time, if anything it makes my effort (which I do apply myself and do get good grades) towards school go down.

I knew it was BS because it is. Almost no employer cares about your grades. The ONLY job I've ever applied to that asked for transcripts was the Sheriff department.

like most people I thought they were serious and correct, and it caused me a lot of anxiety because I was a poor student.

I was told that, but not to an extreme. In a way, it does have an impact on your future, but to the degree it does depends on the person and what they decide to do with their life. It could be big for some, and for others it could mean absolutely nothing.

Sounds like someone was trying to scare you into doing better. The stuff you learn in high-school is a joke imo. Most community colleges let you retake all the high-school stuff. So why not go right after middle-school?

BATTOSAI76

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Sounds like someone was trying to scare you into doing better. The stuff you learn in high-school is a joke imo. Most community colleges let you retake all the high-school stuff. So why not go right after middle-school?

chathuranga

Oops, my bad.:P What I meant to say was that high-school is a joke because you can learn all the same stuff in college, making it somewhat pointless. Not that the subjects themselves are a joke (although some of them are).

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Sounds like someone was trying to scare you into doing better. The stuff you learn in high-school is a joke imo. Most community colleges let you retake all the high-school stuff. So why not go right after middle-school?

BATTOSAI76

Oops, my bad.:P What I meant to say was that high-school is a joke because you can learn all the same stuff in college, making it somewhat pointless. Not that the subjects themselves are a joke (although some of them are).

I thought I my future was pretty much screwed...but now I know it doesn't matter so I could care less about grades.

I am in one AP class and one Honors class, and I have taken math a grade level up since 5th grade (like a lot of people at my school). I do so for scholarship money. I could breeze through HS taking grade level classes. I know that it doesn't really matter what your HS grades are after you are done. I just don't want debt.

I am in one AP class and one Honors class, and I do so for scholarship money. I could breeze through HS taking grade level classes. I know that it doesn't really matter what your HS grades are after you are done. I just don't want debt.

realguitarhero5

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[QUOTE="chathuranga"] Doesn't that mean that most community colleges are a joke then? Since you claim that they let you take the same classes you took in high school?chathuranga

Oops, my bad.:P What I meant to say was that high-school is a joke because you can learn all the same stuff in college, making it somewhat pointless. Not that the subjects themselves are a joke (although some of them are).

Because nobody cares about high-school education anymore. All employers look for now is that ever so sought after degree, without it you might as well be working at the golden arches, unless you're one of the few that gets lucky, and can find a decent job without one.

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I am in one AP class and one Honors class, and I do so for scholarship money. I could breeze through HS taking grade level classes. I know that it doesn't really matter what your HS grades are after you are done. I just don't want debt.

chathuranga

I had good grades in high school.

I just told them, "....So????"

[QUOTE="chathuranga"][QUOTE="BATTOSAI76"]

Oops, my bad.:P What I meant to say was that high-school is a joke because you can learn all the same stuff in college, making it somewhat pointless. Not that the subjects themselves are a joke (although some of them are).

BATTOSAI76

Because nobody cares about high-school education anymore. All employers look for now is that ever so sought after degree, without it you might as well be working at the golden arches, unless you're one of the few that gets lucky, and can find a decent job without one.

They told me that as well..I even had to do classes where we had to get non paying jobs(mine was JC pennys).I guess it was for the kids that didnt have a future.

Dumbasses should know not all of us have a future in retail :lol:

If you want to go directly to a university you had better have good grades or at least average grades with ridiculous SAT or ACT scores. It does matter. I guess you could just be lazy and hope you do well in Community College, but if you didn't care enough in high school, then it's likely you won't care in junior college, so why even go. Better to just have a so-so job making $12 an hour.

Never really cared, I get As without trying.

I figured if I could do it with no effort it probably wasn't that big of a deal in the long run.

I was the youngest of two brothers, so I knew that was bullcrap going into highschool. I put all my efforts into getting a good score on the A.C.T.

Never really cared, I get As without trying.

I figured if I could do it with no effort it probably wasn't that big of a deal in the long run.

MetroidPrimePwn

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[QUOTE="chathuranga"] Well, you're still saying college is pointless because "you can learn all the same stuff in college." that you learn in high school. So why not do well in high school and just forget about college? chathuranga

Because nobody cares about high-school education anymore. All employers look for now is that ever so sought after degree, without it you might as well be working at the golden arches, unless you're one of the few that gets lucky, and can find a decent job without one.

I guess you have a better take on it then I do. I'm just not crazy about the schooling.:P

You have to be pretty bad to not get into college (65 avg is the passing mark here). If you have respect and listen when the teacher is talking that mark should be cake.

I have never been told that. And, latley, I've seen what a joke High School is.

When they told you that your grades will affect your life forever and if you dont get good grades you'll never get to go to college.

I had bad grades. I thought I was never gonna go to college in my future. I thought high school was the beginning or ending of all things in your life.

They also talked about how they never lose your grades but I called my high school and they have no record of me even going there. I went there for a semester. I guess thats good because when I get my ged I can say I never went to high school and I did homeschool.

slipknot0129

they are only important if you want to get into a top-tier school out of high school.

I have a good friend i met while in college. i was a sophomore in college, he was like 24 and just got his GED because he had dropped out of high school. he then went to community college and was highly motivated to learn about politics. he ended up being one of the valedictorians and is about to start at CAL Berkeley this next semester.

point of the story. high school grades are not the be-all, end-all to your adult education. your college grades on the other hand, will make a difference if you intend to go get your master's or apply to certain jobs.

I had a 3.9 in high school, but i didn't apply myself for "extra curricular" activities and so i limited myself on my college choices. once i got into college, i realized keeping straight A's was almost impossible. most job recruiters i've met have said if you don't have over a 3.7 GPA in college (pretty much all A's and -A's) then don't bother putting it on your resume because they don't see a big difference from a 3.0 to a 3.5.

I was never told any of that; I was told plenty of times that going to College was, in fact, a necessity. But they always said even if you do badly in school, the community colleges can and will support you.