Originally Posted by
JKTrix
Not all colleges require 'good grades' to get into. Some just require that you can speak English well enough to take and understand instruction. If you're not at a certain level in some subjects like English and Math, you'll get courses to catch you up on them before you start on the college-level of those subjects.
It depends on what you want to do, if you know what you want to do when you're going to college. If you don't know, it may be worth taking a break from school to work for a while to gain some perspective.
I went to a college right after high school and dropped out after 2 and a half years (for various reasons outside of the school experience). Then, I worked for a little over 4 years after that, and in September I started school again. The school I'm in now doesn't require any kind of grade transcripts, just a high school graduation certificate. Then you take a placement test to gauge where you should start when it comes to English and Math.
It does depend what you want to do and what school you would like to get into, but it's certainly not 'life-ending' if you don't.