Why do people just not care about high school?

halcyonheather
Tue, 03 Dec 2013 18:33:40 +0000

My parents didn’t really go to college (my father has an associate’s degree from a local community college, but he doesn’t need it for his job) and they never emphasized it much. They love me and all, but I doubt they would care if I dropped out of school and/or never went to college, so long as I didn’t freeload off them.
I think I care about grades because I was praised for being “smarter” than the other kids (really it was just that I had more useless knowledge because I was too shy to do anything other than read) back when I was in middle school and elementary school, and I enjoy being praised so I do stuff to make it continue.