I want to drop out of high school

Perhaps you should look into an online school. That way you can avoid the other children and focus on the school-work instead. Education is important, even though it never seems that way until after you have it. You don't want to be confined in life by having to work the type of jobs that will hire a drop-out. Sounds ok now, but when your 30 and your boss is 18 it won't be fun any more. Plus, I'm pretty sure you will want nice things. Cable tv, cell phone service, clothes, lights, heat, and food. Don't meanto sound all adult & naggish, but it is what it is. Take some time and think about things before you act on impulse. At least talk to some people that have dropped out before you do. If you can be content living like they do, then maybe your right. I doubt you'll like the options though.

I totally understand how you feel. I dropped out of school in the last year of h.s. Of course, I had different reasons. I just fell so far behind I couldn't catch up. That's because the school yard was my office. It's where I made money (no legally). I'm 56 years old now and I regret to this day that I dropped out of school to devote my life to crime. I know this is not your story but let me tell you this. In this country you MUST have an education otherwise you will end of up or doing "not so good things to make money". I can't impress enough on young people today how important an education is. I see that you are smart and have your own mind not to follow a crowd you don't agree with. That means you are strong. Contrary to what some older folks like me think, the teenage years are the hardest years of your life. But they don't last forever. If your school has activities that you might be interested in, go for it! Please don't drop out--you'll regret it and it will make it much harder to make a living and raise a family some day. Like I said, I'm 56 years young and I'm going back to school in the spring of 2014 to study psychology and/or paralegal studies. It's never to late to learn but you don't want to wake up one day and be my age and asking yourself where did life go. Never get bored with learning. Never lose your thirst for knowledge you can never have too much. You probably think I'm just a middle aged woman who doesn't know what she's talking about. But your wrong. I know exacly. I was never excited about going to class. So I didn't. I got into other things. I'm lucky I never ended up in jail. STAY IN SCHOOL. It's your only hope for a healthy, stable, sane and financially comfortable future. It's good you stay away from all the partying. Those people will end up like me--A 56 year old retired criminal with nothing to show for it. You're better than that! There's nothing wrong with being different and being alone is preferable to being with the wrong crowd so I have to applaud you there. You may not feel it in your heart yet, but you have the guts and brains to be anything you want to be! Keep your eyes on the prize! God Bless.