<prompt> Human: I am 18 and Ill graduate high school in May. Ive always been an artsy sort of person, so I know that my career will be somewhere in that sort of field. Originally, I wanted to become involved with the gaming industry as a 3d modeller or concept artist. To achieve this, my first plan was to go to Full Sail University in Florida, as they apparently have a game art program. Well.. evidentely, for-profit colleges tend to not have a great repuation and Full Sail wasnt regionally accreditted, and my parents shot down the idea anyway, saying that we wouldnt be able to afford it. There were a few other colleges that I was interested in, but my parents didnt like any of them, claiming that they were all too far away or too expensive, or that we wouldnt be able to get a loan for it. Not that my parents would be paying for it entirely or anything- it would be more of a combined effort for both me and my parents. Anyway, my dad has always wanted me to go to a local community college to get a liberal arts degree before possibly transferring to somewhere else, possibly an art school. The only college we ended up visiting was that community college, and in all honesty, it doesnt seem too bad- but I just feel like Id be sort of biding my time. Its really too late for me to go to any other college, as Ive missed any visitation days and whatnot. Im almost done with high school, and, lets be honest most of high school is general education. I dont know of course, but I feel like getting a liberal arts degree would be like going to high school for another two years. So, I had an idea. What if I just scrapped the idea of college altogether, and opened up my own shop? Like one of those nifty little downtown shops that sell crafts and artsy sort of stuff- like my own gallery, in a way. If I was in a touristy area I bet I could sell some of my paintings to rich tourists and old people. What if I made it into a sort of coffee shop kind of place, where you could get a cuppacino and look at possibly buy? the art Id have hanging on the walls. I could try to get a hold of lawyer to help with legal stuff and I could try to get started with a small business loan. I dont have much money, but Ive made a little working as a cashier after school that might help a bit. I also wouldnt have any student debts to pay off. Ive done a lot of thinking and probably romanticising about it. As long as I could pay my bills and make a living, I think I could be happy. Is this sort of thing reasonable, or am I just being stupid?  <response>: No sane person or bank is going to give you the startup money 