Reversing a Negative Trend
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chendo
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Posted 9:44 am, 11/09/2013
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no james...some of us have lived long enough and seen enough to realize that some points of view lack credibility. i work 6 days a week, 10 to 12 hours a day and speak to people from all over the world on a daily basis. i have worked and lived with people from all over the world, and i nn see people who blame "the system" for their lack of success, and i see people who will succeed no matter what.
at this point in your life...which one do you think you are turning out to be?
last night, i called TWC and the guy helping me was in Manila, Phillipines...during the typhoon! he and his coworkers made arrangements in advance of the storm to take shelter at work, sleep there, and continue their job...i commended him on his dedication, and he said "we are a very poor country. if i don't want to work, someone else will take my job."
starting a debate, and then when you are losing, saying." well i have a right to my opinion" is ****.
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Bestill
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Posted 9:38 am, 11/09/2013
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My biggest dream, in parochial school was to become a Catholic priest. Being a girl in the late fifties, this was an impossible dream. Still is for girls. Of course, in the fourth grade, what I really wanted was to be able to attend Latin Classes with the boys, I don't know why I was so obsessed with learning Latin, but I was so obsessed with wanting to. And I couldn't. It was not allowed. No dream is impossible, not even that one, and although I never became a priest, thank god, I did better.
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GoWilkes
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Posted 9:35 am, 11/09/2013
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I removed several posts that were off topic and/or trolling.
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jamesfaw1987
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Posted 9:29 am, 11/09/2013
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Im not forcing anyone to agree with mine and all I expect is the same in return. It is nice to look at different povs though.
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chendo
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Posted 9:29 am, 11/09/2013
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and some of us have INFORMED opinions
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chendo
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Posted 9:26 am, 11/09/2013
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"beautiful people are shoo-ins"?
really. man, i am from so. cal, and beauty without talent is a cliche'. if you think all it takes is looks to be successful in the movies, you just don't know the movies. i worked on several films, and my daughter does hair, makeup and wardrobe for the industry...it takes more than looks.
i am a high school dropout, the product of a one parent family, grew up in the barrios of east l.a...grew up on welfare...i don't know anyone who would call me a failure...buh-lee dat
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jamesfaw1987
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Posted 9:21 am, 11/09/2013
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I guess I planned it out.
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Bestill
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Posted 9:18 am, 11/09/2013
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K, now imagine...what did you do, just before you got on that yacht. or whatever. What did you do just before.
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jamesfaw1987
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Posted 9:14 am, 11/09/2013
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I know what my wildest dream is. Proceed please.
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Bestill
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Posted 9:12 am, 11/09/2013
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maybe we should regroup. think about your wildest dream.
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Bestill
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Posted 9:08 am, 11/09/2013
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And some who are sorta, well, not very attractive. So...
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Truthseeker911
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Posted 9:06 am, 11/09/2013
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James, look at the list again, there are others besides actors.
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jamesfaw1987
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Posted 9:00 am, 11/09/2013
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Lmao everyone on that list is a movie star. They are or were good looking. Everyone knows exceptional looking people are shoo ins for the movie industry. How many exceptional looking dropouts do you know? How are far are we from Hollywood again?
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Truthseeker911
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Posted 9:00 am, 11/09/2013
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Successful high school dropouts
This list used to be on Wikipedia, but it was deleted. So I've decided to put it up here. It's probably outdated though, and is by no means a complete list, but it's something anyway. Also, if you're considering dropping out, you may find this page useful.
This list of secondary school dropouts consists of noteworthy people who left high school, or an equivalent institution, without having graduated. It does not include those who never attended a secondary school to begin with, and so excludes all individuals who lived prior to the first implementations of the concept of secondary education at the end of the 18th century. It does include students who were expelled, rather than dropping out voluntarily, and it also includes those who dropped out but later re-enrolled and graduated, or received an honorary diploma later in life.
As secondary education has become dramatically more common over the years, the number of secondary school dropouts has increased as well. Additionally, failure to graduate has become much more noteworthy and stigmatizing in the eyes of many than it was in the 19th and early 20th centuries, although there are a number of dropouts who nevertheless later went on to become successful in a variety of fields.
Although secondary schools in different countries have a number of significant differences, there are enough similarities for some grouping to be possible. Most secondary schools begin in 7th grade at the earliest, and end in 12th grade at the latest, though there are exceptions. Secondary school is also mandatory until a certain age (usually between 15 and 18) in most countries, unlike higher education institutions, which as a result have fewer attendees and fewer college dropouts. Secondary school dropouts have also become much more common than primary school dropouts, though in the past it was not unusual to receive only a few years of formal education at best.
British secondary school drop outs are those who left school without any qualifications or those who left before the age of 16. In the UK school system, pupils do not "graduate," nor do they receive degrees; only university students can graduate and obtain degrees.
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Actors and models
Authors, poets, and playwrights
Business leaders and entrepreneurs
Comedians
Film directors
Musicians, singers, and composers
News anchors, journalists, and reporters
Politicians, socialites, and royalty
Scientists and inventors
Sports players
Uncategorized
Actors and models
Julie Andrews, British singer and actress; pulled out of school at age fifteen by her mother.
Christina Applegate, American actress; dropped out of Excelsior High School in Los Angeles at age seventeen to pursue her acting career.
Lucille Ball
Brigitte Bardot
Roseanne Barr
Drew Barrymore
Sean Bean
Joey Bishop
Humphrey Bogart
Clara Bow
Marlon Brando
Charles Bronson
Pierce Brosnan
Gisele B�ndchen
Raymond Burr
Ellen Burstyn
Michael Caine
Neve Campbell
Jim Carrey
Toni Collette
Sean Connery
Joan Crawford
Russell Crowe
Tom Cruise
Beverly D'Angelo
Robert DeNiro
Johnny Depp
Bo Derek
Matt Dillon
Ami Dolenz
Patty Duke
Jeanne Eagels
Rupert Everett
Lola Falana
Colin Farrell
Errol Flynn
Ben Foster
Clark Gable
Eva Gabor
Greta Garbo
Nona Gaye
Lillian Gish
Whoopi Goldberg
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Cary Grant
Paris Hilton
Djimon Hounsou
Margaux Hemingway
Benny Hill
Nicole Kidman
Keira Knightley
Yaphet Kotto
Jude Law
Henrietta Leaver
Heath Ledger
Jason Lee
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jared Leto
Traci Lords
Sophia Loren
Sophie Marceau
Lee Marvin
Ewan McGregor
Melina Mercouri
Alyssa Milano
Robert Mitchum
Marilyn Monroe
Demi Moore
Roger Moore
Peter O'Toole
Al Pacino
Joe Pesci
Joaquin Phoenix
Teri Polo
Keanu Reeves
Leah Remini
Michelle Rodriguez
Rene Russo
Charlie Sheen
Patrick Stewart
Kiefer Sutherland
Hilary Swank
Charlize Theron
Danny Thomas
Uma Thurman
John Travolta
Kate Winslet
Elijah Wood
John Wood
Bam Margera (Got his GED.)
Artists
James Montgomery Flagg
Henry Hill
Vincent van Gogh
Authors, poets, and playwrights
Joseph Brodsky
Jackie Collins
William Faulkner
Gwendolyn MacEwen
Herman Melville
Ana�s Nin
Banjo Paterson
William Saroyan
William Shakespeare
George Bernard Shaw
Leon Uris
Jan Wolkers
Business leaders and entrepreneurs
Richard Branson
James H. Clark
Jack Kent Cooke
Simon Cowell
Charles E. Culpepper
George Eastman
Henry Ford
Soichiro Honda
Ray Kroc
Marcus Loew
David H. Murdock
John D. Rockefeller
Vidal Sassoon
Alan Sugar
Dave Thomas
Comedians
Jack Benny
George Carlin
Billy Connolly
Redd Foxx
Jackie Gleason
Alan King
Jerry Lewis
Groucho Marx
Paula Poundstone
Richard Pryor
Will Rogers
Film directors
Luc Besson
Peter Bogdanovich
John Boorman
D. W. Griffith
John Huston
Peter Jackson
Quentin Tarantino
John Woo
Musicians, singers, and composers
Bryan Adams
Christina Aguilera
Billie Joe Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Fantasia Barrino
Shirley Bassey
Beck
The Bee Gees
Irving Berlin
Bo Bice
Clint Black
Mary J. Blige
Michael Bolton
Sonny Bono
David Bowie
Michelle Branch
Bushwick Bill
Glen Campbell
Ray Charles
Cher
Eric Clapton
Kurt Cobain
Joe ****er
Phil Collins
Perry Como
Elvis Costello
Roger Daltrey
Bo Diddley
C�line Dion
Thomas Dolby
Steve Earle
Duke Ellington
Eminem
Mark Oliver Everett
Jose Feliciano
Ella Fitzgerald
Peter Frampton
Aretha Franklin
Jerry Garcia
Marvin Gaye
Boy George
George Gershwin
Benny Goodman
Macy Gray
Dave Grohl
Woody Guthrie
Merle Haggard
George Harrison
John Lee Hooker
Fiona Horne
Lena Horne
Janis Ian
Natalie Imbruglia
Wolfman Jack
Jay-Z
Billy Joel
Elton John
Rickie Lee Jones
Tom Jones
Chaka Khan
Kid Rock
B.B. King
Eartha Kitt
Gladys Knight
Avril Lavigne
Little Richard
Don Omar
Brian Littrell
LL Cool J
Courtney Love
Loretta Lynn
Shirley Manson
Chan Marshall
Dean Martin
Natalie Merchant
George Michael
Liza Minnelli
Van Morrison
Nelly
Wayne Newton
Sin�ad O'Connor
Kelly Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne
Charlie Parker
Tom Petty
Sam Phillips
Prince
Otis Redding
Busta Rhymes
Axl Rose
Ja Rule
Scarface
Chuck Schuldiner
Seal
Frank Sinatra
Scott Stapp
Ringo Starr
Donna Summer
James Taylor
Randy Travis
Tanya Tucker
Steven Tyler
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Barry White
Hank Williams
Wendy Orlean Williams
Eric Wright
Tammy Wynette
Elliott Yamin
Neil Young
News anchors, journalists, and reporters
Peter Jennings
Politicians, socialites, and royalty
Margaret Brown
Diana, Princess of Wales
Buzz Hargrove
Horace Greeley
Roy Greensmith
John Major
Walter Nash
Ruth Ann Minner
Ralph Klein
J.J. Brewer
Ralph Bauer
Dee Dee Amoya
Ronald Reagan
Allen Narito
Scientists and inventors
James Buchanan Eads
Albert Einstein
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Garrett A. Morgan
Wright brothers
Sports players
Boris Becker
Yogi Berra
Bj�rn Borg
Jennifer Capriati
Joe DiMaggio
Dale Earnhardt
George Foreman
Nick Faldo
Joe Frazier
Bobby Hull
Evel Knievel
Tommy Lasorda
Joe Louis
Bobby Orr
Alberto Tomba
Uncategorized
Robert Evans
John Llewellyn
Daniel Negreanu
Olivia Newton-John
Adolph Ochs
Brian Orser
Jack Paar
Gordon Parks
Rosa Parks
Evita Peron
Donald Pleasence
Sarah Polley
Charley Pride
Wolfgang Puck
Anthony Quinn
Paul Revere
Ann Marie Roberts
Nora Roberts
Chi Chi Rodriguez
Roy Rogers
Theresa Russell
Derek Sanderson
William Saroyan
Christopher Scarver
Anna Nicole Smith
Casey Stengel
Robert Stigwood
Fran�ois Truffaut
Twiggy
Tracey Ullman
Peter Ustinov
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Gloria Vanderbilt
Estella Warren
Lawrence Welk
Kitty Wells
Mae West
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
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Bestill
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Posted 8:59 am, 11/09/2013
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No worries, you don't have to. Just imagine it in your mind. Say, for example, your biggest dream would be to own a yacht and sail the seven seas....Whatever...Just see yourself there....
Now, what did you do, just before you set sail?
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jamesfaw1987
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Posted 8:55 am, 11/09/2013
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Im not going to share my dreams on a public forum. No offense.
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jamesfaw1987
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Posted 8:54 am, 11/09/2013
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High-school is a proving ground. If you can't get up and sit in a chair for 7 hours? Well just have to agree to disagree.
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Bestill
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Posted 8:53 am, 11/09/2013
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Try this, James...What is your biggest dream? Think about it. If you had your wildest dream, what would it be?
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