teenage wasteland

I know it's just a story, but this is really getting to me.

If the Cullen kids are all so goddamn talented and smart and educated (not to mention rich), why don't they join the Peace Corps or Doctors/Engineers without Borders, or something constructive instead of REPEATING HIGH SCHOOL FOR ETERNITY.

You don't even learn that much in high school, you could learn so much more in college.

And DO NOT give me their youthful appearance as an excuse, because Rosalie and Emmett can definitely pass for adults, and there are plenty of ways for teenagers to look older through makeup and wardrobe tweaks.

Same goes for their whole "the longer we can stay in one place" shiz. It's quite common to take much longer than four years to finish college. People might think you are stupid or have mental health issues, but the Cullens are social outcasts anyway.

I mean, Oprah has the time to open random schools for underprivileged youth around the world and she's no vampire, she needs to sleep like the rest of us!