Here's the thing, i don't want to be an ass and bash other people's thoughts on this topic but my story is i was kicked out of high school when i was a senior, never went to any college or trade school and i own my own business. I do web design and i make a good living off of it. There are plenty of people just like me who society deemed failures and they rose up. Look at Christopher Paolini, dude dropped out of high school at age 14 and now he is a best selling author.