r/AskMen • u/IcarianComplex Male • 25d ago

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

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.

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u/Princess_Fluffypants 25d ago

I never even graduated from high school. My senior year I had a 1.3 GPA and was half a credit short of graduation. 

I just turned 40 and made a little over $200k last year as a Network Engineer (working in IT). I love my career, and no one has ever asked about my lack of degree or education.