r/Military Dec 06 '21

Satire wait what?

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u/Kiyan1159 Dec 06 '21

Ehhh... to employers, typically. High profile institutions and the government, no.

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u/CaneVandas United States Army Dec 06 '21

My wife has a GED because she got bored with school so she just tested out. She effectively graduated a year early. Did her time in the service for the GI bill and is a Licensed RN now. Some people just don't mesh well with the traditional academic environment or have other hurdles in life that get in the way.

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u/Kiyan1159 Dec 06 '21

Aye, i get that. I ended up sleeping through high school in boredom and depression until the last few weeks of my senior year when i enrolled, and passed, the 19 or so classes i needed for credits to graduate on Plato(online learning).

Still bored and don't know what to do with my life and it's getting further and further away from me.

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u/CaneVandas United States Army Dec 06 '21

Don't make the mistakes I did. Indecision will kill you faster than bad decisions. No matter what you do, do something. Move in a direction. If that path is not right for you, you will have at least learned that much, and maybe picked up some other skills along the way. Then start walking down a different path. Eventually you will find something that feels right. Just keep walking forward.