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Teenager Quits School To Forge Professional Guitar Hero Career
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A sixteen-year-old American teenager has dropped out of school in order to forge a career playing the video game Guitar Hero.

Blake Peebles quit his second year at North Raleigh Christian Academy so that he could concentrate on adding to his existing accolades, which include gift certificates and 52 Chick-fil-A meals.

Peebles' parents, who have backed their sons dream, have hired a private tutor so that he doesn't fall behind learning.

His mother told a local news paper: “He always told me that he thought school was a waste of time.”

If successful, the teenager could earn as much as $80,000 playing the professional Guitar Hero circuit in the US.
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  • Oh, I always told my parents I thought school was a waste of time, my parents are shit for making me go to uni and get a proper career!!

    ~ by Boydy 8/20/2008

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  • a proper career that lets ya go on these sites... hmmm

    ~ by hmmm 8/20/2008

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  • what a geek

    ~ by omn0 8/20/2008

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  • this guy is a dumbass

    ~ by timmyware 8/20/2008

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  • tim wtf do you know? go eat some bar fries with no jalapenos or something! :=)

    ~ by villageidiot 9/6/2008

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