Comment on Ask HN: How to Deal with a Conservative Family?parentComments−wellboy12yWell, other people drop out of uni to pursue a startup. If your GPA falls, it's not really that bad.−ScottWhigham12yHorrible advice. You've read a paragraph about the kid and you're telling him that it's okay for him to dropout of college. Maybe it worked for you, or those "other people" but that doesn't mean it would work for OP.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias
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Well, other people drop out of uni to pursue a startup. If your GPA falls, it's not really that bad.
Horrible advice. You've read a paragraph about the kid and you're telling him that it's okay for him to dropout of college. Maybe it worked for you, or those "other people" but that doesn't mean it would work for OP.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias