Ha. My mom told me to do exactly this, but I wasn't ready to abandon my friends and safe, familiar school. It seemed daunting faced with yet another 4 years of

Ha. My mom told me to do exactly this, but I wasn't ready to abandon my friends and safe, familiar school. It seemed daunting faced with yet another 4 years of school, college, and I had fantasies about dropping out in the middle when a business starts to take off. But the first 1/12 went by in the blink of an eye, so this is looking actually doable. Plus, many at this age would much rather be in college than working a boring job, so it would be short-sighted to run away from such an appealing community.