Writing Machine Refuge

Me and school do not get along. Seriously. The only reason I graduated high school was because I had a couple teachers who felt sorry for me and let me pass despite the fact that I did not do the required assignments. It's funny, I can do what I'm supposed to do at work, and more. I can research stuff for work and write really long articles for my customers and coworkers and random people on the net. But somehow that never translated into me actually doing the required work at school, or at least enough of it to pass the class. It's like I'm scared of homework or something (and yet I can rip out a three thousand word post on why a bird might be screaming and how to solve that problem with no worries). I am thinking about going back, but I'm scared that if I do I'll just be pouring money down the drain again. My parents won't even pay for me to go again because I fail so much, they'v already funded four years of failing classes so I don't blame them. Any ways, if I do go back it won't be until fall term, and I would have to pay for it myself. (I suspect I might actually pass classes if I have to write the check, though) I'm terrified of debt (as in border-line phobia), and don't want to take out loans, so I need to have a job that would pay for the classes. It's too late to sign up for Spring term, and Dad wants to haul my ass off to Africa for mountian climbing sometime in the summer, so college would have to be Fall term at the eariest.