text: Maybe they just don't get it. School can be hard for some students and they figure why go. My daughter is 17 and is ready to go to college when she graduates. Her friend is 19 and she quit school when she was 16.  My daughter was helping her with her homework. She stays at home now with her mother, who works her butt off. The girl sleeps, watches T.V. and stays on the net all day. She couldn't get the hang of school at all.