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Originally Posted by Alex

Fortunately that wasn't a problem. I pretty much had free run of the school by my senior year. I was technically taking two classes a day at the community college across the street, doing two independent studies periods.
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So I'm pretty pleased with the 20%/90% rule of schooling and preach it to children at every opportunity (the key being a recognition that schooling and education are not synonyms and need not overlap;

I loved that "take college classes for high school and college credit" thing. Plus the state paid for it, so it was win all around. The high school never did figure out when I was supposed to be there, so if I were somebody else, I could have got in all kinds of trouble.

I agree with your 20/90 system; I also chose to put in the extra effort. I don't think it took 80% more effort to get that last 10%, but it was more than strictly necessary to get by. The math doesn't work out on that, though.

Originally Posted by katiesue

GPA's don't really matter much in the real world anyway - at least not mine.

True. But it kept my folks off my back. I think I got less supervision than my brothers.