Should I drop out and fund a franchise?

[mojo4567]

So I just learned that I can get a stable job paying me around 12~13 an hour. If I drop out of highschool now I can work until im 18 and save up to 25~30K, and then buy a franchise. I will buy a drug testing clinic franchise I have figured out, and already made calls to confirm that as long as I am not a dunderhead I can make money. My second dillemia is that I can either buy 1 of these franchises with saved money, or take out a loan to help with costs because im sure its gonna cost more than the 25K they say it will. Thoughts on any of this?

[millionsofdeadcats]

If I drop out of highschool now

If you can't even finish school, how are you going to perservere when life really gets hard?

[Rook]

Most of us that browse sites such as this.. well, hated school for the most part. And, understandably. I find the educational system of the modern day to be a complete crock. However, as you get older.. you'll learn that regardless of certain truths.. there are moments in your life where.. I wouldn't say you "need" to play by the rules. Just that, somethings are worth doing as society intends. A high-school education is unfortunately on of them. I nearly dropped out myself.. would have been kicked out for absences had it not been for my distinguished portfolio and good test scores (terrible GPA though).. All in all, looking back I'm glad I finished high school. Life will hit you hard after its over.. your young.. impressionable.. your learning. We all think we have it figured out at that age, but to be honest.. as far as high school is from me, the way things have changed, my perspective, how I want to live my life vs. the social norm.. You'll develop your own plan.. and you seem to be doing that.. build those plans, continue research, save money.. research other possible alternatives.. If you reach a point to where you have the freedom and resources, and your still very much interested (because I've had 1000 ideas, and some of them still stick, and others I question my sanity about having).. Trust me, get that Diploma or GED.. you'll be glad you did. And if college isn't for you, then please check out CLEP tests. I wish I had learned about these sooner.. You get college credits for taking an $80 6 hour test... wish is a lot better than thousands of dollars and wasted time. There are enough of those tests to get an associates degree.. And educational status.. no matter how low, gives you a certain edge/prestige over the drop outs and laborers.. in the eyes of the work/professional world that is.

 Just throwing out some advice..

[splooge gook]

meth

[LOVE]

I find the educational system of the modern day to be a complete crock. However, as you get older.. you'll learn that regardless of certain truths.. there are moments in your life where.. I wouldn't say you "need" to play by the rules. Just that, somethings are worth doing as society intends. A high-school education is unfortunately on of them.

If I could pluck this from your post Rook.

I would like to make it an example of someone who like many others has left higher education, through whichever path wended be it dropped out or graduated, and in that era passed through a curtain of reality into another where you see that all value instilled in you for schooling and higher education is a facade hiding a self perpetuating industry of bureaucrats and career rats justifying a system in which they find themselves washed up, a system which by its nature is born to cater not to cater to the growth of a person in their field but to the employers who are sold employees which get the job done with minimal expertise. It is the truth of the matter (and this is outlined in the excerpt from Rook's post which I have included, above) that you will get through best if you do stay in highschool if only for familiarity. 

Just take my word for it though, that when such a thing is taken for granted and education like this is relied upon with hopes and dreams it fucks us all over. It probably fucked them over. I can't stress enough that you need to learn for your future, and you need to learn now, that there's no such thing as an easy education. You need to fucking work for it and always be pushing to supplement your education, because everything you don't work to educate yourself on may as well be vague and pointless swill.

That said and to reiterate the finer point more succinctly, there's nothing wrong with pursuing further education especially that which pertains to your chosen career or even just the society in which you live or wish to live, but you need to jolly well take the bull by the fucking horns and skullfuck it into submission. My advice is to travel as far as you are willing to, before you need to play into the hands of student loans.

[mojo4567]

Most of us that browse sites such as this.. well, hated school for the most part. And, understandably. I find the educational system of the modern day to be a complete crock. However, as you get older.. you'll learn that regardless of certain truths.. there are moments in your life where.. I wouldn't say you "need" to play by the rules. Just that, somethings are worth doing as society intends. A high-school education is unfortunately on of them. I nearly dropped out myself.. would have been kicked out for absences had it not been for my distinguished portfolio and good test scores (terrible GPA though).. All in all, looking back I'm glad I finished high school. Life will hit you hard after its over.. your young.. impressionable.. your learning. We all think we have it figured out at that age, but to be honest.. as far as high school is from me, the way things have changed, my perspective, how I want to live my life vs. the social norm.. You'll develop your own plan.. and you seem to be doing that.. build those plans, continue research, save money.. research other possible alternatives.. If you reach a point to where you have the freedom and resources, and your still very much interested (because I've had 1000 ideas, and some of them still stick, and others I question my sanity about having).. Trust me, get that Diploma or GED.. you'll be glad you did. And if college isn't for you, then please check out CLEP tests. I wish I had learned about these sooner.. You get college credits for taking an $80 6 hour test... wish is a lot better than thousands of dollars and wasted time. There are enough of those tests to get an associates degree.. And educational status.. no matter how low, gives you a certain edge/prestige over the drop outs and laborers.. in the eyes of the work/professional world that is.

 Just throwing out some advice..

The CLEP sounds interesting, I will look into it. Teaching myself sounds much better. I think I will stay in highschool, but I kind of wish that It wasnt needed so much. I feel like you need to do somwthing with your life during highschool because you have souch emotion that you can invest into anything. Unfourtunantly we are forced to work off a school system that was molded to the 1700's

[millionsofdeadcats]

The CLEP sounds interesting, I will look into it. Teaching myself sounds much better. I think I will stay in highschool, but I kind of wish that It wasnt needed so much. I feel like you need to do somwthing with your life during highschool because you have souch emotion that you can invest into anything. Unfourtunantly we are forced to work off a school system that was molded to the 1700's

All the stupid, senseless, makework bullshit you do in high school?  Well adult life is just like that, except X 10. 

[Rook]

 No one is ever truly prepared for what happens when your no longer within the sanctuary of the basic American educational system. Not necessarily true for everyone, but the fine majority to say the least. Those last few years in high school, and the 3-4 that follow are dire to what your life is going to amount to.. in the immediate future. Basically, the better you do out of the gate, the more likely you'll live a more comfortable and happy life. My advice.. and I hope you take this in earnest.. Learn from your mistakes, if you do something stupid, make every effort to ensure it doesn't happen again. Evaluate risks.. know how far is too far for something to not be worth it. Try your best to keep your record clean. Illegal quick money sounds great and exciting, but.. shoplifting, selling drugs, etc.. Truly not worth it. Be aware of who you surround yourself with. In my case, though I'm doing pretty darn good for myself in life based on my own standards.. I could have potentially been much further had  not hung around with a bad crowd.. Sure, they were like my brothers for 6-8 years. The simple fact is now, my old stoner buddies went too far.. we're no longer friends, they stabbed me in the back, and all of them have been in jail (one of them must like it because he's always going back).. I cut them out of my life, and then it got extremely better.  Surround yourself with useful people.. people with connections, similar mindsets, motivated and smart people. Otherwise, going lone wolf is better than poisoning yourself with a toxic crowd.

 I was a lot like you earlier in life.. perhaps, I still am. I get your level of thinking and wanting to get ahead. I'm not saying you cant do that, in fact, by all means continue planning and cultivating those ideals. I've been out of high school for longer than I recently realized, and I'm just about to be able to start my business.. It wasn't straight out of the gate, but I have already took care of some long term debts that I no longer have to worry about.. bought a house dirt cheap.. own 2 vehicles.. my bills are ridiculously cheap due to ingenuity.. I say that not to boast, but to inspire.. Let's face it, I get on Facebook everyday and see people I know having babies, buying big expensive houses, paying $500+ a month of their mortgage, not including bills, not including the costs of a child for 18+ years.. Your life, as most of us hope, is going to be a long one.. There is a lot to think about, and thinking about something before it happens, and being prepared.. having some sort of strategy.. It'll benefit you...... Kinda got off track on a ramble.. Anyways, what my point was concerning me was is.. I consider myself ahead of the curve.. and having said that, I could have still been doing so much better had it not been for a few key choices.. That said, my life could also be so bleak that its difficult to imagine had I also made some of the wrong choices. Oh, and the real point was.. a business is a great goal, but housing, food, and electric aren't free or easy to sustain if your putting all your eggs into that venture. I may start a business, and it may fail.. but I will walys have my property and livelihood.. short of this upcoming Ebola apocalypse.

 So to end this all... The smartest, and yet one of the hardest things for an intelligent, independent, and stubborn youth do is... listen to advice. I was absolute hell to raise, and I actually feel for my parents. My growth over the years, just in understanding.. surprises me everyday. I hated advice, absolutely protested it. I look back now.. I was so foolish.. Haha, no saying all advice your going to get is great or that you need to listen to it.. but a high school diploma, saving money, planning your future, not going to jail.. all basic, and all worth heeding to make for a better life.