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francescadubois
09-27-2008, 10:32 AM
I went straight through and graduated in 4 years. It was definitely the right thing for me to do. I didn't start stripping until I was 25, and that was to pay off student loans. I had hardly any awareness of stripping in college (it was a long time ago) and it wouldn't have been the right thing for me to do for the person I was then anyway.

If you don't know for sure what you want to go to school for, there's no reason to force yourself into it right away. HOWEVER, I could recommend dancing, traveling, living ONLY if you are going to be very serious about learning about money, and have good financial discipline. If not, that dancing/travelling/living lifestyle is going to be very painful to give up the longer you get used to it.

I don't think it can be an easy "Strip now, you're young, college can wait" answer. Everyone is different and truthfully I see a lot of strippers who made that exact choice years ago and are really hurting now. If you have a strong love/hate stripping wave, be careful too. It all comes down to the reality of your own discipline. Taking 1-2 classes a semester and dancing could be a good idea, it would give you more structure, and you can always travel on breaks. I know some say you don't need college, just build your own business, etc., but I would only recommend that if you have a true entrepreneurial spirit and can be focused and disciplined.

I think this is VERY good advice.

I went straight from HS to college, danced while in college, graduated a year early from undergrad, went straight into grad school, studied abroad while in grad school, and finished my Master's by 24. I now own my own business at 25. It started off slow, but I'm pretty happy with the way things are going, esp because I can rough it now and don't have any mouths to feed while it's still taking off.

X Evan X
09-27-2008, 10:58 AM
First attempt 2 years out of HS ended in miserable failure. Took 3 quarters to fail out of community college. Top that.

6 years later at age 24 went back and maintained a 3.98 and 3.6 gpa at two schools for 6 years (Associates and Bachelors)

I'm now 40 and still look forward to returning to school one day.
-E

AmberHoney
10-02-2008, 08:31 PM
I was a guest student while in high school.

Funny...because I skipped school sooooooooooooooooooo much.

Bella21
10-02-2008, 08:47 PM
I went to college immediately after highschool. It was something that was beaten into my mind since I was young. However, I think everyone has their "time off" in their own way. It's either before college, after college, or slacking off in a serious way during college.