what advice would you give to a teenager who want to drop out of school in 10th grade?
602898
Don't... School is so much easier and fun than working. You only have 2 more years left. Senior year is the most fun of all. It's completely worth it (generally a goof off year).  Good Luck!
946703
If this is the problem causing you to want to kill yourself....you better not grow up.  Cause when you get past all this high school crap you will see that many more problems will come your way.  Bigger ones too.   So just make a decision.  Any decision.  And it will be ok because it was YOUR  decision.  Make of it what you can.  Then, do it again the next day.  That's how life works.\ngood luck and no slicing for you
33965
If your goal is to attend a fly-by-night school that's not going to help you get a job doing anything but flip burgers, then by all means abscond with school.  But if you would like to attend a university or college that will lead to a four year degree and a better income, spend the time to get your diploma.  I can't think of anything that pressing in a teenaged life that would require you to drop out.  Most admissions boards would frown on it, and would question your wisdom and maturity.  It's called delayed gratification:  you plan your life in increments of five and ten years.  Quitting now means your income is reduced significantly, and then you have to spend money to get the study tools and the course to complete your GED.  And think of how many other people who did what you are considering, and didn't quite get around to finishing high school because something else came up.\n\nI take it your GPA isn't very high, given your last question.  It means that you haven't been spending much time on the books.  Go to your local community college and discuss the possibilities of taking some early college courses to make up for your high school errors.  Make sure you can transfer your community college credits to a four year school.  And get some tutoring:  your writing skills appear to be adequate, but you may need some help in your study skills.\n\nIt's your life that you are deciding, so take responsibility for it.
267275
Um...from what I could understand, I'm just going to give you the advise I would use.  If your child is having trouble, consider either changing schools, homeschooling your child, talking to the parents (no matter what difficulty there may be) and the kids themselves as well.  Step in and be authoritve about this.  This time in life is part of the time that shapes your child so keep her as safe as possible and talk her through what's happening.  Those kids need to be stopped, and you need to do as much as you can not only for yourself, but for your child and the help you give and example you set.  \n\nIf you really can't do anything though, change schools as soon as possible.
828920
Right now you hate school when you're my age you wish you had want to college to get a degree. The best jobs that pay good you need college. Don't quit you get breaks from school. You always have the weekends and all the other days and weeks during the year then two months between grades. Don't mess your chance at a rewarding career and have money to get the things you'll find like for a house,car,doctors,meds,gifts for others and groceries...etc.
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I wouldn't suggest dropping out if that is what you are considering at this point.  However the above answers are very accurate. \nHigh school can be difficult and provide challenges, but it also a very good experience that young people should have.  If you are struggling, there are ways to get help and bring up your grades.  If you still can't manage to bring them up enough upon graduation to be accepted to colleges, you can also take courses afterward to prepare you for college in most communities.  These are also considered when you apply to schools.  Dedication is important as anything else ;-)
520843
Good luck with that one.  Try talking with a counsellor at the school you are planning on attending.
993020
- Never give up.  \n- Keep learning about technology or you'll be left behind.  \n- Keep asking questions about how and why. \n- Understand that *everyone* - from your mother, your teachers, the people who write your textbooks, to the guy on the news, everyone-  has an opinion and has a purpose for saying the things they say.  If you don't understand who is making the statement, you won't fully understand the statement itself.\n- Don't waste your time with people of bad character.\n- Find an older person you can look up to to confide in.  Ask them about trials they faced when they were your age.\n - My father told me, "Since you get OK grades, you'll get into an OK college.  Get good grades, and you'll get into a good college."  This is very true, and a good college will help you stay on top of the competition.\n- Don't waste time in chat rooms.\n- Treat everyone with repsect, especially girls and those in authority (even if you think they don't deserve it).\n- Again, never give up.  Try something you don't think you're able to do.\n- Make good use of your summers away from school.  Learn a skill, get a job, get exercise, read a lot.\n- Be proactive.  Search for opportunities to better yourself.  You will find them.
336242
One things that I know about middle schoolers is that they are all in a funk.  Especially 7th graders.  They are just in a place in their lives that where they are trying to discover themselves and sometimes school falls by the wayside.  \n\nMy advice to you:  Pull him to the side and let him know that you have noticed that he is in a funk.  Let him know that we all have been there.  Don't put any pressure on him, but just let him know that you recognize that he has not been himself and that if needs someone to talk to you are there.  \n\nI have found that kids sometimes just want you to notice them.  It will make him feel much better when he knows that you have noticed his behavior and that he has you an advocate.\n\nGood Luck!
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Check out the Teenage Liberation Handbook by Grace Lewennen (sp???) She writes about ways to get a "real education" by not going to school. (Things like doing apprentencships, exploring nature, doing your own projects). \n\nIt's a cool book (one I wish I had read when I was in High School!)
217521
I dropped out this year. My senior year of highschool. And yeah, i am already starting to regret it. It's really hard finding a job, or even getting someone to even look at your applications. But we all learn from our mistakes. and what ever does not kill us will make us stronger. So i feel that there's a reason i dropped out. And things will get better i'm sure. I just have to work more at setting and achieving goals. but i can still do whatever i want, and be what ever i want. as long as i choose to do so. Education is key, as i'm beginning to find out. So i hope you don't make the same mistakes i did. Take care and God bless. JJJ
962402
send that drop out back to school
753012
Write a letter explaining your situation to whom ever is in charge at the high school, visit that person if you can.  Unfortunately you might have to go to public school for one year and try again for the catholic school.  I know it sucks but I wouldn't look at repeating seventh grade as an option.  good luck.
1132636
This is from past experience:\n\n1. Make sure you know where all of your classes are. Getting lost is terrible. \n \n2. Don't hang with the druggie crowd. It may seem popular now, but you will regret it in years to come. Because, a)The popular kids will have done well in school, gone on to college and made something of themselves, while the druggies are all dead or living on welfare and sleeping in Appalachia-style trailers. b)You have so much more to give to the world.\n\n3. Study. You will reap the rewards one day.\n\n4. Try some extracurricular activities like music, French club, etc... You will get so much out of these positive actions.  \n\n5. Take pictures of you and your friends and teachers. It will be neat to look back on your old life when you are older. \n\n6. Keep your chin up. You are special. You deserve the best. Don't settle for less. Believe in yourself. Try try try. You may be in 6th grade and going to a new school, but it doesn't mean that you are less than anyone else. I understand that you are leaving all you know and going to have to meet new friends, new teachers and get around a new school. I've done it, others have done it, and you can do it. Be resolved. Be firm. Walk proud. Start school in August with an "I-can-do-it-attitude!" In no time you will be graduating and your first day of 6th grade will be a thing of the past.
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Less is more.\n\nStart with nonverbal eye contact, a raised eyebrow...and exude dissapointment in their judgement with every pore of your being. Most of the time, that stops it cold, especially when they know that you will follow up with more severe responses if they don't toe the line.\n\nIf they still are at it, ignoring you, etc. move into closer proximity to them. Stand next to them. Continue with your instruction while you're doing this.\n\nIf they are still at it, say their name, quietly but clearly. State the behavior you want them to do. "Joe, sit quietly and listen (or read, or complete the assignment, etc.)."\n\nIf they are still at it after that, now it is time to pull out your formal big guns (your posted consequences). Start with the verbal warning. "Joe, if you do not sit quietly and listen (or read the book, etc.), you will have to stay a minute after the bell (or whatever your first consequence is)."\n\nIf he doesn't respond to that, then there is no further warning. Start down your list of consequences.\n\nTypical elementary school lists tend to be as follows:\n1) 5 minutes off the next recess\n2) loss of all of the next recess\n3) lunch detention\n4) call home to parents\n5) trip to principal's office after calling parents\n\nTypical secondary school lists are similar, but it is one minute or three minutes after the dismiss bell rather than recess time for the first two consequences.\n\nUsually, there is one or two "volunteers" at the beginning of the semester/year who will help you prove to the others that you are consistent, unwaivering, and fair about following the consequences. The others will take note, and you will not have to use the more severe consequences all that often.
538750
PLease whatever you do DO NOT DROP OUT OF SCHOOL!!!! From a woman who is struggling herself, i envy you that you are in high school and still have a chance to make it. I understand that thngs are tough right now, but it will pay off. You have to sacrifice a few things to make it in this world. Dropping out of school is not an option and you will regret it for the rest of your life. You will not get these years back. I was sitting on the bus and watched the high school kids going to school and i almost wanted to cry. I cannot go back in time and fix what I did. If i knew then what I know now, I would have been in the front of the class, front and center, on time and did extra work on my projects. Then maybe i could have gone to Princeton or something. if you do this, you will be having to play catch up all of your life. Your situation is just hard now, NOW. it will not be the same tomorrow. Would you really want to ruin your life because of a small obstacle now. Please think about this. I had to do some regrettable things in my life and dropping out was one of them. I played catch up and i am 23 and still struggling while i have a friend who is 25 and is already working on his Masters degree at LIU. I envy him so much and it makes me look at my life. I have an Associates degree and am planning on "trying" to get my Bachelors one day, hopefully soon, but all of the struggles i had to overcome are unimaginable. The shame hurts more. So please, while you are still young and have a chance to be somebody, stay in school and do your best with what you have. If not for your family, for ME or anyone, but do it for yourself. I would hope that you do become successful and live a life free of worries. Make the right decision and stay in school.
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YES AT 16 YOU CAN DROP OUT . BUT IT WILL BE A BIG MISTAKE DON'T QUIT SCHOOL / EVEN IF YOU GET A GED YOU WILL REGRET NOT FINISHING SCHOOL IN YOUR ADULT YEARS . AND MOST EMPLOYERS WONT HIRE A PERSON THAT QUIT SCHOOL BECAUSE IF THEY QUIT SCHOOL THEY PROBABLY WILL QUIT EVERYTHING ELTS THEY EVER DO . STAY IN SCHOOL NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU HATE IT . YOU NEED EDUCATION TO SUCCEED IN LIFE