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Personally, my favorite students were the non traditional students (not born with a silver spoon in their mouth). They were Vets, or had taken some years off after High School Graduation and experienced the world.  I had one student that had saved up every penny she could and put herself through college. She graduated when she was 28. She worked many jobs and paid for every class she took. She came into my office and looked like she just needed a hug - some times it's all about the struggle.

I'm a hugger! I just melt.

Good for her!   Personally I was 100% done with school somewhere around 7th-8th grade. Oh every now and again a good teacher would get me interested again but a bad one would be right behind to remind me that I was sick of fighting with them and the admin.  I coasted to 12th and quit just before I graduated just to p-iss them off.   

I cheated though, told a few lies and got my GED before I quit.

I looked into collage but saw the same BS so didn't bother. Did a few months of community collage, ran into the same BS and walked away.