Parents let 16 year old drop out to play Guitar Hero full time...

He actually dropped out of school just to play Guitar Hero??? I heard that was a really good game. [I am thinking of getting it myself.] I didn't know it was that addicting! I think that is really crazy!

I love Guitar Hero. But I wouldn't let my kid drop out of school to play it. Education comes first in my book. Games later. But hey you can't tell everyone how to raise their kid. But hey, to each is own.

Someone please call coincidence control. My son was watching an old episode of South Park where Kyle and Stan were really into playing Guitar Hero. The both broke 100,000 points and this agent pops up out of no where to sign them both up to a contract to play Guitar Hero. What the cliche about life and art?

DCMerkle

my kind of parents. lol!

well, they did get a tutor for the kid and he is doing better now than when he was at school. i think this is somethign guitar hero made up for added publicity. just my thoughts.

blake, i'm going to be cheering for you in the guitar hero tournaments man. and if our paths will cross in the contest, i'll gladly hang up my guitar and let you win on the account that your parents gave in to your wish of playing guitar hero fulltime. hard to see three hearts broken all at the same time. lol!

cheers!!!

If the kid is really good at the game, I can see him doing a half day thing. I did that with a special journalism program when I was a senior in high school. But to drop out? No way my parents would have allowed that. I just googled and it seems like this is true story. There are reliable news sources on this!

is that really cray??

I just heard about this too. This is just ridiculous! How could parents let their 16 year old child drop out of school for a video game? I mean, I want my children to go to college, but this kid doesn't even have a high school diploma!



I hope these parents are ready to support their son for probably the rest of his life. This is not setting a good example for him or a strong work ethic or stressing the importance of a good education!

I would not let my kids do such a thing. Tutor or not it is insane!



Here is a link to the story:

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/101746

Have a great day and happy myLotting!!!

Hmm...really supportive parents I'd say, but it's wrong I think. "What do you do for a living?" Answer: "play Guitar Hero." That's not even a job...unless you're one of the game developers or something. It's quite all right that they still think of his education by having a tutor but there are certain things that can only be learned at school just like socializing with peers. If I were a parent, I wouldn't want my child to be confined at home and not having contact with the outside of the world. And of course, college education is very invaluable.

What kind of parents would let their child drop out of school to play guitar hero???!!! What if the kid is terrible at it and the parents don't want to tell him and he just continues through life playing a fake guitar and in maybe 3yrs nobody plays guitar hero anymore and there are no more tourney's to enter what would he do??

As much as I love Guitar Hero, I would never drop out of school to play it. Its a cool game, but it gets boring after a while and this kid must be really talented and skilled to convince his parents to let him drop out of school.