Kid Quits School to Play Guitar Hero

Young 16 year old Blake Peebles has quit highschool to pursue a career in professional gaming. Speciffically in the area of Guitar Hero. The kid began winning Guitar Hero competitions not too long and is ranked among the top players in the world in terms of stats on Guitar Hero 3. After realizing he can get stuff for playing video games he began to bug his parents to let him drop out of school to pursue a career in gaming. A career which is very difficult to get into, but can actually provide a living for people. Players in Major Leauge Gaming earn as high as $80,000 a year, but the average is around $30,000. After much begging and pleading his parents actually agreed to let him quit highschool to play video games. Crazy right?! As part of the deal with his parents he now has to take his classes at home with a private tutor. Since leaving school his parents have said they have seen an overall improvment in Blakes mood and happiness, as well as the schoolwork done with his tutor. Lucky kid.

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