Getting a GED, or a Test out, and finishing college shows the discipline of finishing things as you have just said. This statement would tend to contradict what you said earlier about 'not being able to stay the course.' Hence my confusion about the reasoning of testing out of High School to finish college being a sign of not being able to stay the course. I am in fact young and I dont mind hearing it because I understand that it is indeed the truth that a good amount of maturity comes from the accumulation of experience. We are talking about different kinds of maturity. Mainly I was thinking of the 'discipline, drive, ability to sit down and do the work' kind of maturity. But cheers anyway, I tend to agree with your post. Though I'm not quite sure where you are getting 'bitter' or 'snappy' concerning my posts. My writing style is certainly a bit different but I think you are reading a context into them that does not exist.
All depends on how well you've got English composition/grammar, reading skills, and Algebra-level math down...if you're very solid in all those, I'd say you could make it fine as a college freshman. If you're not up to speed, stay in highschool and get them down because you will flunk out of a standard college program if you don't have these basic skills. I saw it happen a lot. I had to take a semester off and go to a community college for remedial algebra when I decided to go for an architectural degree. I was always better on the creative/literary end, crappy in math...after the remedial I made solid B's, a couple of low-effort C's, in college level math, physics, and hard structural design courses.
