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dhermesc

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How many graduated from high school?

My dad dropped out of school when he graduated from 8th grade and started farming full time. I (9th of 12 children) dropped out of school my junior year and took a full time job when he died of cancer. My mom was horrified when I did it, I was the only child to not graduate from high school. I then got my GED when I was 18 and went on to college for a 4 year degree.
 
High school, college, even a couple graduate-level courses. I could probably get by at my job with what I had learned by age 16, though.
 
I graduated from HS, but, for the amount of effort I put into it and the lazy jerk that I was I probably shouldn't have bothered. 4 yrs of college of which I never used a bit of after that. I am paying for it income wise for life now. I could have been anything I wanted to. Instead I took the lazy way out.
 
I went to work for wages, 7th grade, cultivating cotton in Phoenix,AZ
with a new J D "A" 4 row cultivator, making $3.00 a day.
Later spent almost 50 years in heavy equipment, am now a tractor collector, various makes, Jim
 


I graduated from high school bought my own truck and drove for two years the went to truck driving school to get leased on with a freight company I wanted to be with.
 
I was the youngest of 5, Dad was disabled thru cancer when I was a Senior in High School. All siblings left home the week after they graduated HS. Went thru a couple of hired men by Spring (they didn"t like having a 17 year old boss- Dad wasn"t outside). So for the last few months I got excused from school early to go home for chores, planting, etc. Graduated and stayed at home for 3 years on an empty promise of taking over. Got the same story, stay another 3 years and take over.

Had my draft physical at age 20, all was 1-A, since we shoveled everything by hand- great physical shape for a 139 pounder. Enlisted in the paratroopers, volunteered for Green Berets, went to U of M after Army discharge, for a BS degree in Animal Science. Started farming from scratch in 1972, bought two more farms over the years, and still here. Best thing I ever did was leave home.
 
Graduated in 1974 and then in July went in the navy. I have some college also some by simple tests as in the CLEP test and some college in the class room
 
I give it up at 10th grade went to work never looked back. Have done really well so far. Had the privileged of working with a super smart superintendent that took me under wing because he saw something in me at age 16 that even i didnt know was there and its been a great ride ever since,I am 55 now. Always wanted to get a GED just to say i did it but i figure at 55 ill just keep working instead.
 
Graduated class of '63. Worked for area farmers all summer and fall, then enlisted in the Army 12/29/63.
That was a long time ago......................
 
Graduated HS and 4 years engineering school. Worked out really good for me, lots of good jobs.

BUT I want to add, going to school does not make you smart. How smart you are and what you do with your life is not determined by whether you finished high school or college. You learn some things in school but the important things you learn form your family and work experiences. Nothing more worthless than a know-it-all college graduate that never bothered to learn his business. We all know them. The BTO's of life.
 
High school, 4 years of college.

But, education is much more than X number of hours sitting in a classroom. World renowned author, Louis L'Amour, quit high school in the fall semester of his Sophomore year saying school was interfering with his education. As he put it, "Why waste an entire semester on, say, general science when you can go to a public library, check out a book on general science, read and comprehend it in a couple of days, and move on to something else". The day his class graduated from high school, he was in Singapore as a crewman on a merchant ship.

My mother, the middle of nine siblings, graduated from the 8th grade and was heartbroken when her father wouldn't let her go to high school, saying she was needed at home to help take care of her younger siblings. (Who did go to high school). But, by reading meaningful books and having an insatiable curiosity for anything and everything, she ultimately became far more educated than any of her siblings.
 
Graduated High school June of 78 , I was 17. Worked for a Dairy farmer down the road all through high school, and the summer after graduation. Got the chance to take a job in a seniors home doing building maintenance , and took off for Toronto, 2 weeks before I turned 18. Worked there till 4 months after my 20th birthday. I then rented a farm and started milking my own cows. I was a big disappointment to my mother.All 4 of my older siblings went to trade school or University , she hated cows,but loved school. I hated school, and loved the farm.
 
High school, 2 yr. technical degree, Bachelors in business and a professional designation here.
 
I've had the pleasure of dealing with a couple well respected small town business men that couldn't read or write. Very intelligent men, just had a hard start and their labor was needed to keep the family going when they were young. Knowledge generally comes from school and books, intelligence and wisdom come from life. Just as there are some people that will never have much wisdom, there are others that are educated beyond their intelligence.
 
I got out Didn't get all the way threw school. I was lucky and got hired at Chemical Leaman Tank Lines a great company to work for. You were supposed to have a high school education but I got hired any way and worked hard for them. One day Ed Hall my terminal manager said to me, Just how far did you go to school. I said about 3 miles How he laughed and said yes ask a stupid question and get a stupid answer. LOL but I was lucky I didn't have to walk because the teacher went by the farm and I got a ride. Went to a one room country school then.
 
I graduated HS and have 3 years of college but I could have dropped out in the 9th grade and done just as well. I don't want to sound like I'm anti education but there are few jobs that really need a college education. Most employers require a degree but that is just to get the job not necessarily needed to do the job.
one of the smartest and most successful men that I ever knew never went to school. He died a millionaire with over 3000 acres. He had a head for numbers and his wife taught him to read.
A friend of mine dropped out in the 10th grade. He went to work for a communications company laying cable and worked his way up to a management position. He quit after 15 years and went into business for himself. He is also a self made millionaire. Every successful person that I know either didn't graduate HS or just barely made it to graduation.
Education is a wonderful tool but it is dangerous if put into the hands of an unintelligent person. Just look at Washington DC. Success is not as dependent on education as the willingness to do what no one else wants to do.
 
I graduated in June of 78 and never looked back. I think I could have learned all of the stuff I used in high school in 3 months. Two of the smartest men I ever knew had a grade six education.
 
With 12 kids 7 of us went to college, 1 to trade school - about all it costed my parents was a few tanks of gas from the farm barrel - otherwise they didn't pay for anything. My dad went back and got his GED in his 40s when my oldest sister got an MBA in business. He thought he should if his kids were going so far in education.


A few years back I was interviewing a girl for a job and asked her what she did in college. She went on and on about her sorority and all the "social" things they had done..... Eventually she shut up and I asked her if she WORKED during college. She then told me that only menial jobs were available and how she thought no job would look better on her resume than admitting she had lowered herself to work at something like McDonalds. All I could think was my sister with her MBA and the comptroller position with a Fortune 500 company had put herself through school cleaning houses - literally scrubbing floors and toilets. I didn't hire her, I thought the personality clash would be too much.
 
Graduated HS in '69. Majored in Auto mechanics. Decided I wanted to do body/paint collision/restoration which they didn't teach in HS. Area University had 2 yr degree in auto body for $$$$. Not or me. Hired in at local Olds dealership and they PAID ME to learn it. The rest is history, self employed most of my career. Still did the mechanical thing too but not as main income. Believe it or not the body shop manager told me he had had a few of those "degreed " people apply and he told me they were too hard to teach the correct way now. Clean slate was the way to go. To this day, the best painters are the ones that had the "will" and ambition to learn and a clear head to work with. Like a guy below said , " now-a-days you need a degree to GET a job but not nessessarily to DO the job.
 
Barely, and it took me 5 years to do it!

Stayed back my freshman year. Private school - I made the mistake of doing well on the placement exam so they put me in the highest level classes.

Back in the days before attention deficit issues could be treated. Straight F's. Had to repeat the year, and was kicked out into public school where one could still pass even with attention issues and the inability to complete any assignments.
 
I was in the first grade until I was 21 would have been in kindergarten but didn,t have it at the one room school i went to.I graduated in 1962 there were 7 in my class second smallest class in that school history.
 
dhermsc,

If I may state my observation of incredibly intelligent people, the application of any/all education is indicative of intelligence.

D.
 
I flunked out of HS.
Hated it,. Wasn't challenged. Bad times at home.
Found out on the day was supposed to graduate I had flunked my English final and would get an unsigned diploma.
Dad would have killed me so I took off that same afternoon for Portland Oregon.
Stayed there for a couple of months till I joined the Navy.
Recruiter strongly recommended I get my GED before I went in so I did.
Went to college after I got out.
Majored in, get this; English/Literature.
A worthless degree that has not helped me one iota in life.
But it hasn't made me a worse carpenter, citizen, voter, or man either.
So it was worth it.
 
HS plus 6 months game room at a local college. Entered a 2 year training program for a hydro plant plant operator with TVA. Retired 26 years later as Manager of Area Dispatch Control Center of TVA' s high voltage transmission system. Hired by local utility as Superintendent of Operations for 15 years till retirement in 2010. Enough is enough.
 
I made it through HS, 2 years in the US Army, and 4 years as an apprentice electrician. Cannot complain life has been good. joe
 
Graduated in '86 myself. Dad quit in the middle of tenth grade to go to work on his Grandpa's tobacco farm. He discovered what many now days don't have a clue about. That being the fact common sense, and a good work ethic, will take you much further in life than simply having a diploma ever could.
 
I graduated in 1970.
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Graduated in 1968. Two years of Tech school to be a machinist. It never worked out even though my father and two uncles worked in a machine shop.
 
Received a diploma in 1964. Have been afraid to look and see if it was signed. At 70 maybe I ought to.
 
My mother grew up in on a farm in Tama Co. Iowa and graduated from HS in 1932. She had 3 older brothers and an older sister, all of whom were college graduates. Quite remarkable for a farm family in the 10s and 20s.

She was heartbroken when her father sat her down in the living room and explained that he could not send her to college due to the great depression. He did, however, send her to nursing school in Chicago. After graduating she worked at Rath Packing in Marshalltown until WWII began when she joined the Army and was commissioned as a nurse.

She spent three years in the South Pacific and ultimately met my father in the Officers Club in Leyte Gulf in 1945.

Things have a way of working out.

Dean
 
Same as me. I don't really give a rats axx about school or diplomas. My kids took care of the situation by both being honor students and graduating college. Probly got their smarts from their mother.
 
HS, BS, MS & Recently a PHD. Got my PHD from TSC. PHD, Post Hole Digger came with a 9 and 12 inch auger.
 
My high school in San Diego was Clairemont High. Class of 76. Cameron Crow was there to research his material to write "fast times at ridgemont high". Spicoli was probably an mix of Jack M and me. I did fail world history senior year and finished it in night school to get my diploma. Ray Walston played Mr. Stanislaus Kubisek well, although Mr. K has a heavy Polish accent and could not function when he lost his plans for the day. Gnarly, dude.
 
Graduated HS in 77, 3 years technical school in electronics, tried TV repair but obviously that was a dying occupation, so I went to work in a factory in 78. Downsizing and cutbacks started hitting, and by 92 I was going down in pay, and hated it worse each day. My wife finally talked me into going back to school, and I got a BS degree in computer information systems, and at that time, the company would pay all of the expenses to go to school, provided it could somehow be linked to potential employment with the company. Two people in IT quit while I was still in school (nights) 3 years later, and they promoted me, and I worked in that plant until it finally closed in 2003, but stayed with the company in IT and am still employed with the company that purchased the plant I was originally hired in 78. Going back to school was the best decision I ever made, and only wish I had gone to college right out of high school, as I could likely have retired by now, but since the company I work for does not have a pension or retirement plan (aside from 401K which is not going well now), I will likely have to work at least another 10 years. Not many survived the plant shut down, unless they could relocate, and something was available. I was fortunate in that I can literally work anywhere I have either an Internet connection or can plug into their network in one of their facilities. I am getting off track, but long story short, I was one who thought education was over rated, but now realize that it is hard to go wrong with education, and I know for a fact that had I not gotten that additional education when I did, I would be making far less money, and likely have been unemployed for a period, and difficult to find employment - especially in my area. I am fortunate in that I have never been unemployed since I graduated high school, and have only had to take off for 3 weeks once when I was hospitalized. Never underestimate the value of education, but just be aware that not all education will yield higher paid jobs, and a lot depends on demand in the area you wish to locate. For example, it would likely be difficult finding a high paying job with an education in culinary arts in a rural community.
 
Graduated from HS in 1971. No college. Been a good ride. Only worked for 1 man the first summer after I got out of high school. Rest of the time I was my own boss. Had a lot of different business ventures. Do what I want to now at 62. It's out there for any one who wants to work!!
 
Graduated in 1964, but kids that dropped out of school, ended up with better jobs( PAY & Benefits). In those years if your Daddy worked there, you were pretty much guaranteed a job. I drove different types of trucks, but for the last 35 years, I drove a log truck that was anywhere from 50 to 80 hours a week. About the last 10 years, started to get time and a half after 40, then it payed to work.
 
Dropped out 4 months before graduation, yeah I know, dumb! BUT had my diploma 6 weeks later, although it took 3 years for me to finally get it, and was out working the night the rest of the class was at graduation.
 
that was true around the louisville area up until about 1973 ,, used to be a guy could tell his boss off in the morning and get fired at 10 am , grab a beer and a ham sandwich , then walk across the street or drive across town and start at 1 pm the same day working for the competitor or doing something entirely different from his other job ,.. and it didn't matter if you could barely spell C-A-T , or read , let alone graduate ,,.. some of my pals quit hi school went to work for 13 bux per hour building the Louisville zoo ,pouring concrete on the airport and interstate hiway , the contractors loved hiring farm boys that knew how to work and get the job done with team work ,,. and have common sense to run and maintain equipment and keep it going with a rubber strap and wire if need be ,,.I graduated hi school in 75,. but workedall week framing houses after midterm , I had to meet with the career guidance counselor twice per month and turn in a time log book.. only needed 34 credits to graduate ,,I got really educated at HARDKNOXCOLLEGE.paid my own way too ,,.with sweat ,blood and sometimes tears for my failures , But I never MADE THAT MISTAKE AGAIN ,. over the yrs I think that I have become wiser than most college graduates,,better organizer with people skills than those with masters degrees I have suffered from meeting ,, imho ,if you work hard and know how to delegate and appreciate talent you can overcome education diarrea, flares of bs , pompousity and hotair , and know italls and great bigplanner dreamers with a halfazed engineering degree that their daddy bought them.. I have dealt with them all and learned how to beat them or dodge them or join them.. a lot of that came from my christian catholic upbringing,and naturally from my hard working un educated parents dad went to 5th grade, dropt out to work the hay market peddling produce for his uncle , mom went to 8th grade,as most girls were expected to only do,, both my parents got a much better education during ww2 . in 1943 mom was running the parts shelf routes for Curtis wright building 4 engine airplanes .. boy ,,.was she a organizer
 
Graduated in 1978, spent 2 years as electronic technician and draftsman, then off to Iowa State for degree in Electrical Engineering with Computer Engineering emphasis.
 
I graduated from high school (Barely made it) in 1961. In 1983 at age 40 I graduated from college with honors. At sometime between 18 and 40 the light came on.
 
gotta agree ///,this question ,, WHAT College Did You Graduate from ?.. was kindly asked of my brother and me several times over the yrs , after seeing some of our accomplishments and achievements ,.,I think that is one of the best compliment a working student after 10 yrs in HARDKNOX COLLEGE can ever receive,,.
 
Graduated from HS in '61, college in '64 with a BS in Engineering. Learned fast that that degree was only good once, ended up a Journeyman Tool & Die Maker and a Master Electrician. The trade experience and certification kept me employed for 45 years with never one lay-off. Having said all that the best educated person I ever met was my wife's grandmother, and she never got past the 7th grade. But she read constantly and could talk about any subject on earth. Truly an amazing person, I loved her and miss her wit.
 
I graduated in '73. Was all set to go to automotive trade school, even had the first semester paid but time to go and parents said no. Found out many years later mom didn't want me driving to Dallas and back every day.

So I went to work... Think I've done OK, never been out of work, never been fired. Seen some lean times, but never gone without by the grace of God!

My dad graduated high school, only one in his family of 7 to do so! Think there was only 10 years then, that would have been around 1941.
 
Graduated high school in 1963, on a Friday night, went to work in a pants factory sewing ladies shorts the following Monday morning, worked there 1 month, went to work at Walker mfg. making exhaust system for cars, worked there 18 mos, went to work for Amer. Potash chemical (later to become Kerr McGee chemical corp) worked there 33 years, retired April 17 2001 at age 56.
 
Yes, I graduated high school.

I actually enjoyed school while I was there. Not the social aspect... I just enjoyed learning.
 
Graduated from high school in 69. was at the bottom of my class because I didn't have any interest in school and was lazy. If I would have had the attitude and work ethic then that I have today I would have had much better grades. After HS took a nine month farm mechanics course. Then went to farming. My dad graduated from HS and lasted one semester in college. HE went to college because his dad told him to. His dad graduated from HS then went on to dental school and was a dentist. My mother graduated from HS and became a nurse. Her dad emigrated to the US from Denmark when he was in the sixth grade and didn't get any more formal education. He went on to eventually own a construction company.
 
Graduated High School with mediocre grades in 1968 and had already enlisted in the Navy on the delayed entry program. College was not even a thought, no money, no interest. Given the draft, military service was a given.

Got called up a bit early in February of 1969 while working on the hood and fender line at Oldsmobile in Lansing, left out of there like a shot and never looked back.
 
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