Hmm, this is well-written yet downvoted to -2. I think grandalf is right. School is supposed to be about knowledge, but more and more it's becoming about goin

Hmm, this is well-written yet downvoted to -2. I think grandalf is right. School is supposed to be about knowledge, but more and more it's becoming about going through the motions to get an overvalued piece of paper. You could take those many hours you would waste in school and put them to more productive use: building cool stuff, learning about more important things, etc. There's not much school can teach you that Wikipedia can't. I think having an impressive portfolio would be way more valuable than an Ivy League diploma. I dropped out of college after two years. My parents gave me what was left of my college fund (about $20,000) and I lived off that for a few years. I have yet to hit profitability, but I think I will. And I know I've learned more on my own than I would've learned in school. And if I had to, I think the stuff I've built and the skills I've gained would make it easy enough to get a decent job. Maybe you could make a similar deal with your parents (they give you the money they would've spent on college and you live off of it for several years). You definitely need to solve the money issue somehow. If you don't have it, you're liable to get stuck in a dead end job. And you definitely shouldn't do this unless you've got what it takes to educate yourself and do good work without someone forcing you to. Probably the most important thing you get out of school and college is interacting with other smart people on a regular basis. Find some other way of doing that and you should be good.