Keanu Reeves Is The Best Human. Here’s Why

He Never Finished High School

Here’s a lesson for the young readers out there: you don’t need a high school diploma to follow your dreams! It’s probably not a great lesson, but it worked for Keanu Reeves. He’s stated a few times on record that he wasn’t academic, which lead him to be the class clown and troublemaker.

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At 17, he decided it wasn’t for him and he left school to become an actor. Thankfully, it all worked out for him in the end. If not, we think he would have gone back to finish his studies!