i am not legally an adult yet, but i am getting close, i am 17. i am in junior year(repeating) and i still have not thought about college at all. its pretty sad, i dont know how to drive, i cant even remeber which pedal is gas. i've never had a job(i dont want to work at fast food places or the grocery store or a gas station or things like that). i am in a welding shop in high school. i am hoping that i can get a small job in the metal fabrication area. but i doubt it. but i find it awesome and really fun and i really like it. but i taled to my parents a bit, but what about schools. i am not going to be able to deal with being in a class of 50 people. i just cant handle that. also i cant even make mac and cheese on the stove, but, i have the microwave! not as good but it still works, yeah... well anyone have suggestions or whatever to get me just a bit started?

thank you for your reply. i will try to talk to my parents, but i doubt it will happen. i am not a big fan of planning. i just go with what comes at the moment. i more like to have choices to pick from, rather than picking out of other things. i think i do have a community college a town or two away, but, i dont even know what a community college is. plus i think it would be a change from my current vocational school i am attending.

ok, smaller class sounds good and thank you for your information. but it still comes down to me havaing to talk to my parents. i only(and stress the only) talk to them when i am forced to. especially my mom. she asks me what im talking about when i am talking to some of my friends online. and i have no intention whatsoever in telling her, and she gets POed at me. but anyways, i will eventually find a way to talk to them.....maybe

eh, thanks, but i dont think it will work for me i dont know. i am just not that way, i will probably start thinkin about it either at the end of senior year or when my parents force me to. other than that, i am probably not going to look into it. its just not like me to look into it like that. maybe when i get more confidence, then i might, but at this moment nope, i dont think it will work. but thank you very much for your replies and helping me

Hi Sora, I think I have an idea for you. Since you like the computer soo much,check your local community college for on-line classes. The local community college here offers them. You do everything by e-mails with youe professor. I have a friend doing this now and it is very nice for him. He never has to to to the school and he's getting an eduaction on-line

Although I'm not the AS person in the family, I've had on-line classes and totally enjoyed them.

Even if you can't take all your classes on-line (considering your potential major), you can take most of them on-line. I've worked at a community college, and I know that most of the specific classes in your major consists of few students.

There's also a lot of scholarships out there. And if you have a community college nearby, you don't have to move away from your comfort zone.

P.S. You can even buy the books on-line usually (instead of going to a crowded book-store).

P.S.S. I've read that AS people do great with small business (since they don't have a supervisor), so you may want to consider taking classes to learn how to operate a business. You could get your business by being a regular sub-contractor with some select local contractors. I think AS people do excellent work and rarely miss work, so once you have the network you'll be set.

You may not pursue your interest/talent, but if you do I know you will do an excellent job!

thank you very much yeas, i dont think i can do metal fabrication over the web,that would be a bit hard now wouldnt it? heh. but the online courses for regular academics sounds great. strange that you would mention a small buisness. my father works for united airlines and he also works for himself. he does a handy man service type thing. he is a master electrician and he is extremely good mechanic(but i dont think he went for a masters in mechanics), and he can do like some carpentry, plumbing, masonry. i guess if i did want to look into something like that, he could help me. and my 15yr old brother sometimes goes with my dad since my brother is a sophmore in the same vocational highschool that i am and he is in the electrical shop. also, i know that my main metal fabrication teacher still does jobs during the summer. like he doesnt work at one place, he does all different types of things. oh and i just remembered something. a girl that graduated from the metal fabrication shop last year is averaging $2000 a week. i am pretty sure she does under water welding. my teacher said that since there are so few of those people, underwater welders pretty much set up how much they are going to be payed.