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I have two good friends that dropped out of high school.
The first dropped out because his life was untenable. Father left when he was very young. Mother died of a drug overdose when he was 12. Stuff like that. He worked construction for years with no way out. I had him in my car one day and decided to strong-arm him into the Adult Education office. He has a deep-seated fear of tests and hadn't gotten his GED as a result. I told him, dead serious, that I would break his right arm if he didn't show up to the test (broken right arm meant that he couldn't swing a hammer and thus couldn't work). I was serious, he knew it, and I would've broken his arm. He went into the Army, got some training, got out, and is making good money as tech support for a major banking firm.
The second is the more common story. He did it to move to Argentina with his dad and work supporting major music tours. He came back, got his GED, and is thoroughly, miserably stuck in an unending series of jobs that are going nowhere. He delivers pizza and is about to be booted onto the street.
The first story is a great success story. The second story is the more common version of what will happen. No matter what you decide, get your GED if you do drop out.
Oh, and if it is college that you're thinking of dropping out of, stop wasting your parent's (or your) money.
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