Well, after writing “A Lesson Learned Late”, I decided that a few points needed reiteration in a pithier format. So:
Short version of the rambling: I now know why I hated high school. I was working for the system when I could have been working for myself. I strongly regret my school career. I’ve learned more in two years out of school than I learned in 13 years in it. One lesson I have learned which could not have been taught in a classroom is how to have goals. Without that, college would have been an utter disaster for me. Another lesson was independence. I needed to learn to make my own decisions, to provide for myself, and to take responsibility for my own future.
Now that I have discovered why school was so fruitless for me, it can once again have value. I need to return with my new understanding, because in the last two years, I have become receptive to what it has to offer.