Jason Said:

Question about Adobe Photoshop cs4 design premium student edition. Extremely desperate!?

We Answered:

Many places are authorized to sell the educational versions of Adobe software. What will happen is that you have to provide to Adobe proof that you are a student. So usually it is a student ID or other picture ID, plus a list of courses/authorized schedule from the school. I was able to get the CS4 suite myself in my next to last quarter of school, taking only two classes. That minimum of 2 classes was enough for me to qualify. You will have a product number for the CS 4 suite (in fact, you have the one I have). You will have to send that product number plus your registered student proof to Adobe, and they will send you the serial/registration numbers for your product.

I don't think what you are going to school for matters, just that you are a registered student.

There are few if any differences between the academic version and the full retail version.

Hope this helps!

Jordan Said:

Can I drop out of college without my parents' consent?

We Answered:

You are an adult, so you can do that, but just make sure that you are capable of living without any support from them at all, since they are under no obligation to pay for anything at all for you. Also, if you decide to go back to school later, it will be your responsibility.

I'm sensing a theme in your posting. You seem to be expecting something from daily life which just doesn't exist. You don't like school, so you are dropping out to work, but your internship experiences haven't been good either, so you also don't like that.

Before you make some kind of dramatic stand against your parents which could make your entire life more difficult for you, I would really recommend that you sit down with them and talk about what your experience has been. I would also suggest that you talk to your school's placement office to see if they can give you some career tests to get a better sense of what you might want to do with your life. It is a lot easier (and makes a lot more sense) to tell your parents, "I've decided that what I really want to do is ...." than to tell them, "I've decided NOT to go to school any more."