High school dropout, here. I didn't drop out, because I was wildly successful. Exactly the opposite, in fact. The process of climbing out of the wreckage is

High school dropout, here. I didn't drop out, because I was wildly successful. Exactly the opposite, in fact. The process of climbing out of the wreckage is what helped me to become [moderately] successful. I doubt anyone here, would be impressed by my career path, but I'm happier than I ever thought that I could be, now. I think the apprenticeship model is really the best way to learn in a practical manner. But that involves things like staying with employers for more than a year, and also, employers treating their employees in a way that makes them want to stay. It also works with unions, because they have a whole infrastructure, wrapped around it.