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View submission: Do highschool grades matter?
I guess I never thought of it like that, thanks for changing my perspective
Comment by ilustyoutodeath at 21/01/2025 at 22:19 UTC
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The biggest thing I think people miss is that high school is free (or essentially free for the student). I'm way out of high school now and if I wanted to take something like a pottery class it would cost me a considerable amount of money. Take advantage of this while you can, don't take any wasteful classes where you just sit around doing nothing.
The more expensive the materials are the better. Remember you can pirate books and college will likely cover the things you actually *need*. One of my favorite memories was a completely pointless "jewelry" class where we learned to work with metal using dangerous industrial power tools. There's no way I'd actually spend money to do that now.
Comment by Obwyn at 21/01/2025 at 21:24 UTC
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No problem. Not everyone thinks of the ability to learn as a skill, but there will probably never be a time when you aren’t needing to learn something new whether it’s in your professional career or in your personal life.
Comment by Not_Montana914 at 22/01/2025 at 03:43 UTC
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Good grades reflect discipline & hard work to a certain degree. If you can’t pull good grades find something else to put the work into & keep showing up at, like art, sports, martial arts, theatre, music, carpentry, activism, cooking, anything really. The world needs people who know how to do IRL stuff.