1.) Drop out of high school and get your GED before your principal tells you to.

2.) Tell the high-school GF to hit the road. She's no good, and on some level, you know it.

3.) When the army recruiter comes around, tell him no. Do not be polite. Do not offer a reason.

4.) That half a semester of drafting you did in the 9th grade? Keep going down that road, don't wait until your 30s.