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Message: <blockquote data-quote="funkyab" data-source="post: 2956189" data-attributes="member: 556232">I never walked. Watched my classmates do it and gave them all their deserved props...6 weeks before my graduation i looked at my situation VERY critically. Although i and been in all the "super gay" and "unacceptably seperated" acclerated learning classes for much of highschool... i only chose to perform at a mediocre level. Well as graduation was approaching and university considerations... i realized that my GPA and class standing was not going to get me into ANY decent uni. Although i made the decision on my own,, my father, who is now a Dean concured and reccomended that I DROP out of highschool and use the clause that many universities have. That being, that if you can score over a 95% on your GED, you get conditional admission to the uni, with 98% and above, a full admission. (and no SAT)I took that route. It was the best decision i could have ever made. Did my 4 years (acutallly 5) at Indiana University Bloomington as a jazz performance major,, spent a semester as a University of Miami student as an exchange student at Uppsala in Sweden, A extra minor degree in international and multicultural education from uppsala as well,,, a Masters Degree in Comparative American Studies from Uppsala in 2006, now am in the last stages (minus my internship) of completing a second masters degree in International Humanitarian Action via the ECHO funded NOHA network. My first term was in Uppsala, Sweden, I am now in Groningen Netherlands and will go from here to Columbia in NYC for a brief research term then to the internship and thesis!!had i graduated with the academic credentials i had at the time in highschool in 1995, none of this would have happened.. Not to say everyone should take this path... but for some it might be the best choice (especially if you smoked so much of the nasty grass that you didnt even care!!))that aside,,, i have so much respect for those that have done the highschool walk!! Highschool is a shitty time for many people and those that make it through, deserve the pomp and circumstance!! I flew half way around the workd to spend only 15 hours watching my baby brother graduate before i had to get right back on a plane. And i know how good commencement feels. At my undergrad commencement,, i was hungover and bored,, but the look on my mothers and grandmothers face made it all seem worth it!!!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/graduate.gif.d982460be9f153bb54e5d4cb744f6ae8.gif :graduate: //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/graduate.gif.d982460be9f153bb54e5d4cb744f6ae8.gif</blockquote>

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