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[โ€“] RBWells@lemmy.world 33 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well I have a college degree, so people find it funny I never technically graduated high school. Did enough classes to qualify for graduation then ran away halfway through the year and never looked back. I was already enrolled at the college in an arts program so they didn't ask for the certificate. It didn't matter until I tried to get a job in a bureaucracy in my 40s and they wanted evidence of high school diploma. Which I didn't have.

God I hated high school.

[โ€“] BodePlotHole@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

I got tossed sophomore year, and got my GED later.

I graduated with a B.S. in engineering a few years ago.

I know them feels