I voted only if they had their GED. I have an old friend who dropped oit of highschool and when she announced that she was going back for her GED I was so excited. I was way too emotional for her lol. I know good and well how life can get in the way and how once a decision is carried out it can't be undone. It's honestly a miracle that I didn't drop out simply because of the nightmare/trauma that was my at home life. It's not easy to acknowledge that you made a mistake or to admit that your life didn't turn out how you wanted it. I have so much respect for people who take it upon themselves to get their lives back on track. Seeing how most basic jobs require a high school diploma/equivalent, though, I don't think I could date someone who wasn't at least close to attaining their GED.
I'd want them to at least be working on a GED, unless they'd found a good job or some form of alternate education that would get them a good job. I know a lot of people my age who goofed off in high school and wised up later on, so I don't necessarily hold not graduating against them even if it was their fault. I just want someone who has decent job prospects and is willing to work.
Yeah if they were successful. I graduated from a prestigious university last month but I always say that you don't need a degree to be successful. Some people are just born with smarts and are capable of starting a business without much schooling. I wouldn't date them if they were just a bum without even a high school degree though.
Depends on the person and what they have done with their lives. If she is late 30s and a cashier at McDonalds I'm not interested. It shows a lack of ambition and work ethic in my mind. UNLESS she was also a brilliant artist really going all out to make it... then I'd cut her slack. But usually you do not pick a person based on just one thing.
I graduated from law school with honors and I need someone who is on my level intellectually. The odds of a high school dropout being a good match for me are very slim.
Doing well in school only prepares you for A) more school, or B) a crappy career, workin' hard to make somebody else rich.
People confuse going to school with getting educated, and having a diploma with being smart. I think American public school passes just as many imbeciles as geniuses, and I think it fails just as many geniuses as imbeciles.
So I just can't give a shit one way or another how a girl I'm dating did in school. I barely care about how they did in college, let alone high school.
It depends on how intelligent she is, and, more importantly, WHY she didn't finish high school.
If she dropped out because she got knocked up, then fuck no. I don't date single mothers, especially single mothers who couldn't even be arsed to finish high school.
I guess it would depend on why they didn't finish. I don't have a problem with someone not having graduated, but if it's 'cause they had a kid or something like that and had to drop out, I wouldn't date them. Not because I look down on them or anything, just because I don't want to be involved with someone with kids. If they had to drop out to start working or something like that I wouldn't care and I'd date them. It's not so much not having finished, it's more the reason why
Interesting it seems that we men are more open minded than women in terms of what education level they would accept for women. I am glad that I have a BS degree. Anyway, I would prefer an attractive woman with no education than a homely one with a PhD.
She needs to have a ged or high school diploma. Not having a diploma really limits one's job opportunities. Its not that hard to get a GED. A drivers license is also on the list. If she doesn't have a drivers license at the age of 25 and older, it speaks volumes about who she is as a person.
No I wouldn't. If you can't even finish high school then are you able to complete anything else. Unless they were really sick and had to quit but then ged is needed. And it's really hard to get a good job without a diploma.
I can understand if they had cancer, brain damage from the head being hit, became homeless etc. If they still have the compacity to get a diploma or GED then they should. A lot of jobs require a bachelors degree or to be certified
Only if they dropped out due to factors outside of their own control (family homelessness/bankruptcy, orphaned etc) and are actively seeking to be productive members of the society despite their lacking education.
Life happens to everyone. Depends on the reason, but she CANNOT be content not having a high school level education. Has to be at least working on her GED.
I never graduated high school, I got my GED so I could skip my last year of school. I got to know people getting their GED and why they where there. I wouldn't hold a mistake against them if they went back and corrected it.
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