I dropped out of school!! Any advice??!!?

Question

Yea I know it's a bad mistake! I didn't even get to high school (I failed the 8th grade and when I went to summer school I did get high grades and did my work but I failed because I was always late and sometimes I ditched classes)!! But believe it or not I feel like I gained more wisdom and knowledge then I ever did when I was in school! And I've become more matured!!..and hey I'm not completely worthless I'm a very creative person!! I draw really good, I play the guitar and write my own songs..(even though that won't get me anywhere! No i don't dream of becoming a singer.. writing music is just a hobby)

At first I was really depressed I even alienated myself from my friends and started cutting myself!! I felt like I ruined my future and I would never get to experience the good things in high school such as school dances and prom! But then I got back up and decided to stop beating myself up and and try getting in the modeling industry! I'm pretty tall I'm 5'7 and not to sound conceited but I'm pretty good looking! Do you think if I stay determine I can do it?? See my plan is if I do get a modeling career I'd hire a tutor to help me finish my education... I know it's not gonna be that easy!! But I feel like this is my only hope!! It's the only thing that's keeping me positive about my future!! Do you think I'm being irrational or delusional??

Answer 1

lying ***** you can't drop out n 8th grade

Answer 2

you cant drop out in the eighth grade. i dont know if you know this, but you have to be 16 to drop out and your parents could be put in jail. go back to school.

Answer 3

You are better off going back to school. Try doing it through night school part time, then to pay for it do some modelling part time and work at another place part time as well. To start a modelling career you need a portfolio, which you can get from an agency or a photographer, this costs money from $600 and up (oh that was 15 years ago, so it is more like $1,000 up).

You should go back to school to be able too get the skills needed to find a job, and I said you should do modelling part time as you may feel after a time that it might not be for you. And if you are skipping school, and turning up late, then it shows that your not committed for a long period of time, so agencies, or employers in what ever job that your in will not like that and you may find you can't get a job. And you will be written off by the age of 30.

Stop being lazy and be determined and committed.

Modelling isn't all about looks, its about what the agency wants in a person, personality, you may end up working in catalogs for k-mart.

I hope this helps, but you really need to get back to school, it will be a lot cheaper than at tutor

Answer 4

Get your GED. A modeling career won't last very long even if you are able to get into it. You need something more long term. You need an education or a trade. Otherwise, you will be 30 and in a dead end low paying job. Now is the time to make real plans for your future.

Answer 5

Go back to school. Stop being late and ditching classes. If your teacher see that you are trying they will help you. Wisdom and Education are two different things and you need both.  

Answer 6

You can't drop out of school ur what? 13? or 14? It's illegal to stop going to school when you are that age. You have to be 16, and please don't count on modeling! It most likely won't work. You sound very talented you should go back to school.

Edit- Oh I just read ur profile so ur 17? And in 8th grade? Well that's okay I still think that u should go back

Answer 7

What the **** just go back

Answer 8

you're counting on a modeling career when you haven't even gotten INTO high school???!!   get your butt back into school.   i don't even think McDonald's hires you if you haven't even gotten into HS....you might be pretty, but you are pretty dumb if you ask me.  a modeling "career" ends at 25.  what the h**l are you going to do after that?

Answer 9

girll get your assss back in school

Answer 10

Modelling jobs will only last while you still have your looks. Unless you're the next Claudia Schiffer or Pam Anderson you're going to have to get a real job before you're 30. So if you do go into modelling, definately stick to your getting-a-tutor plan. I'm guessing that you want to go into modelling for ads/catalogues as 5'7 is five or six inches too short for runway (Kate Moss is 5'10 and always one of the shortest people on runway) and that is a seriously competitive business. You'd need an agent to get you into it (very expensive) a LOT of family support (and funding) and you'd probably have to move to a large metropolitan area to do nationwide ads (the kind that pay enough to live off) like New York or LA.

If you're going into modelling because you're interested in fashion, I'd say you're better off going back to school (or starting a homeschool program, which you could complete alone as you're a teenager), getting a diploma and going to a fashion college somewhere, taking fashion design or some similar course and infiltrating the industry from the inside. If you know exactly what castings are happening and exactly what they're looking for, you're more likely to get the jobs than if you're going in a blind outsider.

If you're going into modelling for the money, good luck finding any. My sister did some modelling for advertizing agencies in the music industry for three or four years and now, 17 years on, is still getting out of the debt she got herself into mantaining that career. She doesn't regret it, though. So if it's a passion, go ahead.