Leaving school

[Mikeus Caesar]

Only quit school/stop bothering with education if you have a definitive plan beforehand. I've only gone ahead with not doing any more education (much to the annoyance of my parents) because i have plans for my future.

[Xehh II]

I left school when I was 16, best decision of my whole life, got to spend a year relaxing then I enrolled in a hospo course, doing what I love, I couldn't ask for a better outcome.
I used to get bullied all the time too, I just fought back, but I don't think that's a good idea, schools seem to think fighting back is worse than the actual bullying, especially when you break a bullies face.
Quiting school is good!

[Raz]

Bullying... Eh, find a way to handle it and persevere for the rest of your education. Having the words "DID NOT COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION" is kinda bad on a job application - Maybe just don't write it in upper-case, but still.... (edit:) Unless you have plans for say an apprenticeship, or some form of specialised extended education. E.g. electrician, car mechanic.

If all else fails, hit the gym, train ya muscles, then head one-on-one with your bullyier. Fight him. Win, then take it a touch too far by kicking him while he is down. You will be expelled, he would've learnt a lesson, your parents will understand why you lashed out, you would've dealt with the bullying PLUS left school PLUS people will remember you as the Kung-Fu Master who went down in a blaze of glory.
And I'm serious, this is real advice, no joke.

[Samurai Waki]

Bullying... Eh, find a way to handle it and persevere for the rest of your education. Having the words "DID NOT COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION" is kinda bad on a job application - Maybe just don't write it in upper-case, but still....

Perhaps this is the case in many other places, but as long as you get your equivalent in the US you can legally put yourself in as a Highschool graduate. Excepting the Marines, who for whatever reason will only take Highschool graduates, despite the pressure put on them from the other military branches, simply because they have no problem getting equivalent degreed recruits while the marine corps is suffering quite severely right now. And I never quite got the reasoning behind this either, if I had my equivalent and could be an Apache pilot, why on earth can't I be a Jarhead?

[Samurai Waki]

oops double post