A very bright friend of mine dropped out of high-school, got his GED and moved onto college while we were all still going to high-school. At the time he dropp

A very bright friend of mine dropped out of high-school, got his GED and moved onto college while we were all still going to high-school. At the time he dropped out, 1989, I felt it was a terrible thing but looking back on it; it was really quite brilliant. The unfortunate part is that the GED limited his choice of college but it didn't seem to hold him back that much after 2 years of community college.