PLEASE HELP ME! In the first chapter of the novel, Percy says "Being a half-bold is dangerous. It's scary. Most of the time, it gets you killed in painful, nasty ways." How has this proven true? What could have killed Percy so far on his quest? How has he managed to survive thus far?

This was proven true almost immediately with the attack at the top of half blood hill with Percy's mom. He was almost killed, and in the process his mom was thought to have been killed. Medusa could have also killed Percy on his quest, and he managed to survive by using the reflection of his sword to look at her and kill her.

honestly, school in itself just seems to be a huge waste of time. a lot of people graduate but still end up not doing anything in college anyways, which really makes the whole point of graduating seem useless. i'd rather not bring anyone's hopes up then. what i'd recommend is for whoever's reading this to simply drop out.

i mean, kanye did it. he said something along the lines of, "don't let society tell you what to do." now, he's obviously a very successful person, and since his album is called the college dropout i guess he never really had to go through all that nonsense in order to become a millionaire. the same goes for anyone else then.