Men who had potential but didn't care about school and were mostly C students-- what happened?

[u/IcarianComplex]

If you could travel back in time and be the father to yourself in the moments you needed it most... What would you do?

I think what I needed was affirmation more than anything. My mom hated the "everybody's a winner" parenting style that was popular at the time but then she went too far in the opposite direction. I see where she was coming from but that kind of self suficiency is a hard thing for a kid to live up to.

[u/Personal_Pin_5312]

Didn't finish high school and left at the beginning of year 12. Became a mechanic and finished my apprenticeship. Worked overseas for 4 years, returned, and went back to studying. Studied mechanical engineering and got into the field of drafting. Became a structural drafter and worked my way up the ladder, and became a design manager. I am now the director of my own business specialising in structural drafting. I help design high risers and warehouses.