Bill Gates and Education

Now i myself have made plenty of mistakes. The biggest one to date, I dropped out of high school. Not only did i drop out but after obtaining my G.E.D i never applied for any type of scholarship. Now that i am a little bit older i realize just how detrimental this has and will be on my life. Bill Gates is big on education and improving Americas public schools. As well as offering scholarships to kids who are looking to continue their education. I respect everything that he does as far as that goes, but what about the dropouts? What about the people who are passed that window of opportunity? I would love to go to school and realize my dreams of having a degree in physical education. However there is no way i can afford to go to a university full time. I don't think people should just be handed things they haven't earned but a little help would be nice. Asking the state for money isn't always sufficient, and our country is in debt as it is. So why not have a contest where you choose one to five people a year who need some help? They could write letters about their story why they want to go to school where they want to go to school and why they deserve it. Then Mr. Gates could pull some strings with some private investors for a different type of scholarship fund and send these people to school. Perhaps call it something like the second start scholarship. Allow these people some help as well if you are going to talk to us about education. Fix the public schools yes help children get to college yes but throw some hope out there for the people like me.