I've asked a couple of people on private messages asking for a friendly advice . But now I want some discussion .
I am 17 years old and I am still in high school . I was off school for 10 days ( we started 17th of September) since the school itself wanted me to do a promotional video for them .
Then a local newspaper wanted me to shoot a couple of things so I was off for 4 days more .
For the next 2 months alone I am going to be focus puller on a 20 minute short film with big cast and crew and it is going to be submitted in a couple of festivals.
I am doing my own short film which I plan to submit on 3 Bulgarian festivals and I am doing a freelance work which means I barely have the time to sleep .
Not only that but I am going to work on a feature film which is getting theatrical release as a PA ( nothing fancy , but still we have like 19 hours shooting a day ) .
To shoot all these things I have to travel to the capital which means that there is no way i'll go to school .
Not only that I am incredibly busy with the filmmaking , but my business company is going to be participating in both regional and national competitions in December .
On top of everything after being involved in exchange program to Denmark , there is a very good chance that they will finance me to travel back to Denmark to make a promotional video for their school.
I just don't have the time for school .
I want everyone to understand that I am not saying that I will quit school . Quitting school is out of question.
I can't tell you what a waste of time school is . Kids my age who get wasted all the time ,their intellectual capabilities are just the same as a 5 year old and they still have great grades . Teachers hate their job because they were studying like crazy when they were my age . They have no clue what they are talking about in school and you can see how they are bored to death while being there . I don't know what is the education system in the other countries , but I am absolutely sure that most of the things that I study are complete nonsense and absolute waste of time .
I don't know what should I do .
50% of the people tell me to follow my dreams and goals since school is not that important anymore , the other 50% are my parents and teachers who tell me that I doomed myself ( if you could say that ) to a horrible life where I will struggle finding a job .
However I completely love what I do and even if everybody here tells me to leave filmmaking and go back to school I'll probably completely ignore the advice if I am 100% honest , but I still want your opinion.
Thanks .
I know I have asked this question a few times to a couple of forum members but I think right now is the moment that I struggle the most in school .
Thanks again .
I am 17 years old and I am still in high school . I was off school for 10 days ( we started 17th of September) since the school itself wanted me to do a promotional video for them .
Then a local newspaper wanted me to shoot a couple of things so I was off for 4 days more .
For the next 2 months alone I am going to be focus puller on a 20 minute short film with big cast and crew and it is going to be submitted in a couple of festivals.
I am doing my own short film which I plan to submit on 3 Bulgarian festivals and I am doing a freelance work which means I barely have the time to sleep .
Not only that but I am going to work on a feature film which is getting theatrical release as a PA ( nothing fancy , but still we have like 19 hours shooting a day ) .
To shoot all these things I have to travel to the capital which means that there is no way i'll go to school .
Not only that I am incredibly busy with the filmmaking , but my business company is going to be participating in both regional and national competitions in December .
On top of everything after being involved in exchange program to Denmark , there is a very good chance that they will finance me to travel back to Denmark to make a promotional video for their school.
I just don't have the time for school .
I want everyone to understand that I am not saying that I will quit school . Quitting school is out of question.
I can't tell you what a waste of time school is . Kids my age who get wasted all the time ,their intellectual capabilities are just the same as a 5 year old and they still have great grades . Teachers hate their job because they were studying like crazy when they were my age . They have no clue what they are talking about in school and you can see how they are bored to death while being there . I don't know what is the education system in the other countries , but I am absolutely sure that most of the things that I study are complete nonsense and absolute waste of time .
I don't know what should I do .
50% of the people tell me to follow my dreams and goals since school is not that important anymore , the other 50% are my parents and teachers who tell me that I doomed myself ( if you could say that ) to a horrible life where I will struggle finding a job .
However I completely love what I do and even if everybody here tells me to leave filmmaking and go back to school I'll probably completely ignore the advice if I am 100% honest , but I still want your opinion.
Thanks .
I know I have asked this question a few times to a couple of forum members but I think right now is the moment that I struggle the most in school .
Thanks again .
