Stop attending high school after being accepted to MIT

cgarcia
Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:32:08 +0000

Not to go all starving children in China on this thread, but you’re fairly lucky to be able to finish high school. If you go to an average public school, I’m sure you can count quite a few kids who had to leave somewhere along the way.

I know that it can be pretty easy to get a full head and deem regular school stuff to be below you. That’s fine. The academic work might be. But that’s not really a reason to give your school the proverbial middle finger halfway through your last year. There are other useful things you can do at school other than sit through classes. Maybe you can work something out with your teachers?

Just keep in mind that you’re in a pretty enviable position. You have a stable environment in which to learn, grow, and socialize with peers. There is plenty of time and opportunity to find new experiences and better yourself without leaving school.

(P.S., if that attitude carries over to college, it can really mess things up. Nobody likes an Anakin. Did you ever see Revenge of the Sith? That scene where he’s moping around with Padm