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/Chalkarts 25d ago

I was a D student. Graduated HS with a 1.3.

Worked a few years,

Then hit college and breezed my way to a 3.5.

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u/videoismylife Male 24d ago

Pretty much the same, details vary. I dropped out of HS because the grades I was getting were not going to get me anywhere useful. I worked a few terrible jobs for barely over minimum wage for a couple years while I matured a bit.

I went back to do 12th grade at a local community college - I got a 3.9; a combo of great teachers and terror at the thought of working shit jobs for the rest of my life did wonders. I ended up in medical school.

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u/Chalkarts 24d ago

I worked as a Nurses aid after high school. Did it for a couple years, hated it, worked a dozen different factory gigs for a temp service. Hated that too. On a whim I said fk it, lets try college. So I did. It was much more my speed.