The only thing I would regret..about dropping out of grade 8 is not dropping out in grade 5.
The world is a dog and pony show of degrees.
Look at all the degrees on Wall street that got the average Joe into one hell of a mess.
It was guys from one room school houses that made Harvard famous...it wasn't Harvard
It was the one room school house guys anf girls who put a man on the moon...a heart transplanted from one dead person to another to keep living.
You're only as good as your next trade.
We are all either pretty damn smart, or incredibly dumb...but it wouldn't matter, we all could have made the same mistake on Wall street...as there wasn't as much thinking, as there was the dexterity it took to practise :slight of hand".
OH YA...the news is for sure