I barely graduated high school, did I ruin my life?

[Dog19]

So, my grades in high school were pretty bad. I barely graduated and I have a C average. Majority of the time I had a D average. I managed to become self employed since I couldn't find a normal job that would accept me. I had college entrance exams but I never showed up to them. Plus I showed up ten minutes late to the day I was supposed to talk to my community college adviser...


was wondering if you guys think I completely ruined my life by doing this. I barely know how to do math properly. I feel a mess... It's on my files that I never showed up to take the exam

Yes you did

No, you're life isn't ruined yet

[NearlyNapping]

It's not ruined, but that's not a good start either. These are things you can recover from, but only if you get serious and make some changes.

High school grades are important when getting into college. After that nobody cares. Even getting into college, some colleges have fairly easy entrance requirements and you can still get in with those grades. You might have to take remedial classes in some subjects if your grades were too low, or you didn't take them at all. But that's not a big deal.

Showing up late with the advisor is something they probably won't even remember. It's a BAD habit though. That's something you 100% don't want to do for a job interview.

As for entrance exams, if they are standard entrance exams, there should be practice tests and study guides out there. I'd strongly suggest getting those. Very likely the library has them, or you can probably find them online.

A LOT of people suck at math. There are a lot of college majors that require very little math.

No, you did not ruin your life. But you do need to make some changes.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't continue on the route you're on: committing to meetings & exams and then not showing up. That doesn't fly in school or work or any place else.

There are plenty of schools available, though. But if you're not serious about putting in the commitment to apply and take classes, then don't put the application in.

[Dog19]

Ah, why do girls say my life is ruined due to my poor performance in school but men say otherwise? Here's my problem

Pretty soon I'm going to be kicked off welfare because I make too much money. If I get another job then most likely I'll be kicked off in a heartbeat. I'm self employed. Self employed people have to pay big taxes, I barely have savings and I need to pay for my laughing gas sedited even though at this point I'm better off just getting it done fully awake

[Opinion Owner]

For the girls' answers, I don't know.

I used to be in your position. I hated high school, and despised the local university in my hometown.

Finding jobs has been slightly more difficult, but it hasn't been impossible. I also spent several years in another state and found a great community college there, and I have several credit hours, now.

For employment, you need to find some way to specialize yourself to get a job with more money. Have you considered trade school?

[Dog19]

Yes I have

[Opinion Owner]

There's bound to be something available for you.

Most U. S. states have Workforce Development offices and programs that can help pay schooling and / or with job placement. If you're in another country then I don't know what is available.

I would suggest looking at trade schools or a Workforce Development office.

[ZestyWatermelon]

You messed up but as long as you're alive there's time to redeem yourself. You might not get into medical school or have a dream career but there are a lot of trade jobs that you can learn and there are a lot of ways to fix what you broke. You just have to get your shit together and put in the effort to do it.

[Dog19]

My dream career was to make a living as a writer... If I ever get to that point I'm going to make a video on how a person who barely graduated high school makes 3K a month as a writer lol

[ZestyWatermelon]

Lol hey if you can pull it off do it. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

If you continue like this, you'll go no where in life. But you can turn it around if you really want to but it'll be harder

[Dog19]

Oh and did I mention I have no credit history?

[Dog19]

Now I have to pay taxes soon and I have no credit history. All the money I earned i spent. I have no savings what so ever and tax season is coming up... I feel fucked

[Opinion Owner]

Yeah you'll be in tax debt. Time to start selling shit. Once you finally get your ducks in a row its easier to keep them there.

[Dog19]

Ah, I have nothing to sell. My iPad has no value, my phone is dirt cheap. The only way I could possibly get out of this is to get another job

[Opinion Owner]

Then do that

[finweeb]

The army's always an option, many people resgistered as female go there yearly. But if you think that's a no go, then there's telemarketers, i have no idea what the actual job qualifications are, but i guess one would simply need to be able to talk convincingly.

[Anonymous]

You can still get a decent-paying degree, but its going to be tougher. Shoot for an associate's in a good trade and build from there. But you're gonna have to study extra hard to catch up.

If you can self-study, you can go ahead and start learning on your own. Maybe even take some CLEP tests to make your class loads easier and reduce the cost

[Burgerboy21]

You've certainly made your future more difficult, but no it's not ruined quite yet.
First off, freelancers can actually make quite a lot.
Also, community college is an option you may want to consider. It may not be quite "IVY-league" but it's still a way of getting a degree as we as an opportunity to get good grades.

[Scaramanga]

No. You're still young. Besides, the notion of "I've ruined my life" isn't really helpful at all. What can you do with it? Nothing.

Better to look to the future and what you want to accomplish and work on that.

[newPython]

Considering your age is 20, you still got time to change your life around. Just make sure you don't fuck up your undergraduate grades.

[reptocarl]

Fuck no you haven’t. Don’t listen to that bullshit. I didn’t finish high school and never got my GED either but I still did my dream job for my dream company

[nailu]

not yet, but if you make the extra effort you can become a failure quite handily

[Dog19]

Since I'm self employed I have to pay big taxes. I don't know what to do... I feel fucked by these taxes. My life is so fucked up

[Kemil_Zhoki]

I have employees who make $50K to $80K without a diploma.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

No, your life isn't ruined.

[TheRealQuestion]

Its bad, but its only too late if you give up.

[Poormanscomedian]

Not if you like wiping people's butt for a living.