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Answer · 03-18-2021, 05:01 PM

My mom tried to kill herself when I was in 9th grade, and I was depressed for a number of reasons and failed, hearing also always played a big role. I redid 9th grade at another school and passed with a 3.85 GPA but then shit changed in 10th grade and I was just ready to bounce so I dropped out. I got my G.E.D. like 2 weeks later.

Then I worked for a while, and the reality is most corporations like retail stores that pay low wages will try to sell you on this idea of being able to "work your way up" in the business. I eventually drank the koolaid and busted my ass for a couple years, got promoted to manager and busted my ass for a couple more years but I was still only making like $10 - $11 an hour.

Then I moved to an office job that was paying me $15 and it was wayyy less like a bootcamp. What I've learned for the most part, the more you get paid for a job, the easier that job is. When you work for a corporation at minimum wage you've normally got someone breathing down your neck at all times about speeding up your performance to meet the productivity goals, bitching at you because you've got your uniform untucked, or calling you over the intercom asking where you were at every time you have to take a shit. When I was manager I had to be that person and I hate it. The whole idea of working your way to the top is bullshit, too, because every time I looked at the manager above me it was always someone who was close friends with the district manager, they're the daughter or son of the person who owns the company, or they're dating the store manager. I don't believe that shit is a coincidence.

I went back to college and now I've got a 4.0 GPA and after this semester I'm only going to need 9 more credits before I finish my Bachelor's in Computer Science with a math minor. I've been thinking about pursuing a Master's or PhD but I'm still not sure. I enjoy learning, it's fun and interesting when you have the right mindset. Part of why people don't enjoy it is because the teachers often just aren't very good, and the way the education system is set up isn't optimized to actually enforce an understanding of the content.

03-18-2021, 05:01 PM	#8
Answer He / Him / His Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,703 Battle Record: 20-1 Champed - Summer Classic IX - Netcees Battle League - Fight night 15 Rep Power: 14633673	My mom tried to kill herself when I was in 9th grade, and I was depressed for a number of reasons and failed, hearing also always played a big role. I redid 9th grade at another school and passed with a 3.85 GPA but then shit changed in 10th grade and I was just ready to bounce so I dropped out. I got my G.E.D. like 2 weeks later. Then I worked for a while, and the reality is most corporations like retail stores that pay low wages will try to sell you on this idea of being able to "work your way up" in the business. I eventually drank the koolaid and busted my ass for a couple years, got promoted to manager and busted my ass for a couple more years but I was still only making like $10 - $11 an hour. Then I moved to an office job that was paying me $15 and it was wayyy less like a bootcamp. What I've learned for the most part, the more you get paid for a job, the easier that job is. When you work for a corporation at minimum wage you've normally got someone breathing down your neck at all times about speeding up your performance to meet the productivity goals, bitching at you because you've got your uniform untucked, or calling you over the intercom asking where you were at every time you have to take a shit. When I was manager I had to be that person and I hate it. The whole idea of working your way to the top is bullshit, too, because every time I looked at the manager above me it was always someone who was close friends with the district manager, they're the daughter or son of the person who owns the company, or they're dating the store manager. I don't believe that shit is a coincidence. I went back to college and now I've got a 4.0 GPA and after this semester I'm only going to need 9 more credits before I finish my Bachelor's in Computer Science with a math minor. I've been thinking about pursuing a Master's or PhD but I'm still not sure. I enjoy learning, it's fun and interesting when you have the right mindset. Part of why people don't enjoy it is because the teachers often just aren't very good, and the way the education system is set up isn't optimized to actually enforce an understanding of the content. Last edited by Answer; 03-18-2021 at 05:08 PM.