Also, a little note to anyone who has decided to either skip or take a break from school at any point in their career:
There's no shame in saying that you weren't ready for it then. It doesn't mean you couldn't handle the material, or the environment, or anything... it just means that you had some potential which, at that time, was not going to be fulfilled by doing whatever. 5, 10, 20 years later, not only will your potential have grown but so too the chance of doing so much more with it. I'm still younger than all of my classmates but I feel like I have the same approach as an old man– I came to learn, with the added benefit that all the work I do goes deeper with my additional experiences. So err, "Keep on rockin' in the free world..." but don't be afraid to take home the royalties after you're famous.
There's no shame in saying that you weren't ready for it then. It doesn't mean you couldn't handle the material, or the environment, or anything... it just means that you had some potential which, at that time, was not going to be fulfilled by doing whatever. 5, 10, 20 years later, not only will your potential have grown but so too the chance of doing so much more with it. I'm still younger than all of my classmates but I feel like I have the same approach as an old man– I came to learn, with the added benefit that all the work I do goes deeper with my additional experiences. So err, "Keep on rockin' in the free world..." but don't be afraid to take home the royalties after you're famous.