What's the Highest Level of Education You've Dropped Out Of?

[Robb]

Poll question: What's the Highest Level of Education You've Dropped Out Of?

Quitters, unite!!

[blondeatlast]

1. High School, then I went to college and earned my Bachelor's!

HAH!

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

2. I don't call it quitting , my is not over

I call it taking time out to " live " and find out who I am as a person and seeing what I truly believe in before I , as a 17 year old set out on a course when I know nothing about life yet :)
Two semesters of Political Science and I am proud to say I will be returning to my collegiate studies this summer :) GO ME !

[greendog]

3. 9 hours to go

With one 100 level science class and two elective studio art classes at or above the 200 level I could have earned a BFA. I doubt that piece of paper would have made any difference in my life.

[Nikia]

4. I wonder if some people are better off dropping out

I didn't drop out. I was a good little girl and finished high school at the top of my class so I could go to a good college, which I finished as well.
There is a certain segment of our population that seems to be as successful if not more by dropping out. I am referring to motivated, somewhat intelligent drop outs of course.
For example, we had a girl in my high school who had major disagreements with the school administration and several teachers and did not put up with "normal" high school harassment. She dropped out at the beginning of her senior year, got her GED less than a month later, and enrolled in spring semester full time at a local community college and got a 4 year degree at a state college 4 years later.
My best friend is also a high school drop out who worked instead of attending his senior year and got his GED easily when he applied for a good job.
Some people just don't fit in or benefit from what their public high school has to offer and can be better off leaving before they become completely discouraged with their lives.
On the otherhand, I have met several adults who are struggling to pass their GED test despite years of study designed to help them pass that test. There are also teens who drop out and then do nothing with their lives for at least a few years.
I am not sure what the answer to this educational dilemma is but I don't think that most public schools serve everyone. Some larger school systems have "alternative schools" that help deter likely drop outs and live them a better learning environment. I think that most schools serve the "typical" student well, but fail both those with special needs and the highly intellignet independent thinker.

[supernova]

5. I've taking grad school

courses off and on over the years, never quite settling on a degree program. So, I can't really say I've dropped out; so much as had a series of starts.

[earthman dave]

6. College, twice.

In England, so I don't know which type of college to vote for. All them clever folks on that there other thread did make me feel kinda stoopid. Must be them ivory-tower interlectyoualls I done heard about. :)