[kazisdaman]

Wow, alot of negative comments.

Hey buddy, follow your bliss follow your dreams.

I like the idea of, success is the progresive realization of a worthy ideal.

Do what you want to do, I'am leaving school for the 2nd time for good. As long as you know what you want to accomplish, and your doing it your on your way to being successfull.

Make it happen, prove yourself.

[nalani]

When I first read Rich Dad Poor Dad I almost dropped out of school but luckily I found a mentor(who is an entrepreneur of course) who taught me that even through I really don't need school for what I want to do in life, it will better prepare me for any buisness venture I choose.

[E320]

Originally Posted by nalani

When I first read Rich Dad Poor Dad I almost dropped out of school but luckily I found a mentor(who is an entrepreneur of course) who taught me that even through I really don't need school for what I want to do in life, it will better prepare me for any buisness venture I choose.

But how exactly would it better prepare you for any business venture? As I understand, the main key to success in business is your character, the ability to believe in yourself and to think and act based on your believes, even when the gray mass of everyday people would scream that it's not gonna work, that you can't do it like that.

Yet the school, while saying that it is giving you 'valuable' knowledge, slowly and unnoticeably transforms your character, making you more obeying, conforming and blending you into the crowd.

[rossco1]

I believe school is more about learning other things then just 'knowledge'... its about building communicational skills, public speaking confidence, social skills... to just name a few...

[nalani]

Originally Posted by E320

But how exactly would it better prepare you for any business venture? As I understand, the main key to success in business is your character, the ability to believe in yourself and to think and act based on your believes, even when the gray mass of everyday people would scream that it's not gonna work, that you can't do it like that.

Yet the school, while saying that it is giving you 'valuable' knowledge, slowly and unnoticeably transforms your character, making you more obeying, conforming and blending you into the crowd.

I am talking about majoring in buisness because history, physics, or whatever is not going to teach me anything. If I were to major in buisness at least I will be able to learn things like accounting and how to handle buisness files.

Believe me, I'm still in high school and I hate it. I feel like everyday I grow apart from my classmates because they are working so hard to go to college while I'm working hard to start a buisness. They don't understand "Why I don't want to work for anyone, Why I want to start my own buiness." They are so busy working to go to college that they are not preparing for what they want to do after college.

Thats why when college is over they will be like "Oh, its over. What do I do now?"

[E320]

I completely understand you. I was even more surprised and could not understand why people around me wanted to work for someone else, instead of having their own business.

Best of luck and hope to see you as a great entrepreneur in the future!

[WanganRunner]

The bottom line is that at least in regards to high school (or anything earlier), no one should drop out of school because they read a book and got inspired.

If you have a venture off the ground that is successful, and school is interfering with your ability to succeed, then you should contemplate dropping out, not otherwise.


With college and graduate school, the distinction is blurrier, because you can always just go back and it isn't a losing proposition. With High School, you just need to do it and get it done, however. A GED is NOT as good as a diploma no matter what anyone says, and so unless you have a very compelling reason, you should stay in school.


Also, I think you'd be surprised what school can teach you, under the right circumstances. Most would-be entrepreneurs would see material benefit from formal instruction in economics, accounting, and finance.

If you think you know it all, that's a good indication that you probably know a lot less than you should.