Hey /adv/, so im going to be a senior in highschool and i dont

Go to college out of state and live your life out of your brothers' shadows and your parents' comparisons and expectations. It's your life to live, not theirs. Perfect grades aren't everything, just do your best dude.

>>18574729
Grades do not correlate to success. Here's what you are responsible for before a wife/kids: your happiness. That's it. Jobs aren't happiness. Jobs are a means to happiness. You take the best paying job that you can manage to stomach, and pursue happiness in your free time.

I had a 4.0 GPA in all honors class, and couldn't stand college. Wound up dropping out and joining an apprenticeship to be an electrician. I don't love being an electrician, but I liked it a hell a lot more than paying tens of thousands of dollars to spend 4 years of my youth (the most valuable time in my life) in a classroom, without a guarantee of employment afterwards.

Now, I'm not rich, but I'm more than comfortable, and my job can't be exported. Electricians are needed on-site. Ditto for plumbers, welders, etc.

>>18574729
The world will always need plumbers. Also electricians, bus drivers, barbers, postmen, truck drivers, factory workers, firemen, cops, retail clerks, etc, etc, etc.

All honorable and well-paying professions