Obviously as a web-site that is pro-stage management, there is going to be a lot of support and love from your fellow stage managers.
BUT . . . let me be a dissenting voice.
Let’s be honest here, not everyone who wants to peruse a career in the theatre makes a living at it. Lots of people work very, very hard at this career, and never “make it” at the level they want to make it. You are a junior in high school, there are some many ways your life could go, don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Go to college, get a good general education and watch as your life unfolds. Do theatre, but don’t feel like you need to specialize in stage management and make it your life choice now. (Hell, I thought I wanted to be a minister at the age of 17.)
I feel like many young people decide they want to go into theatre, for whatever personal reasons, and find stage management – either as an early choice from high school, or trying very hard to find a place to fit into theatre, a world they love. And the put a lot of time and effort into at the undergrad level (and even the graduate level to be honest) without a really good idea of what this career is . . . and the pitfalls. I know that I have tried to point this out before, but this is not an easy job, this is not an easy career, this is not an easy lifestyle. There are easier ways to make a living – and it doesn’t mean you need to give up you love of theatre. You know, I don’t do theatre now because I love it, I do it because it pays the bills. (In fact, my love of theatre is all but squashed by working on it – I pretty much don’t see theatre in more - I don’t walk into a theatre unless someone is paying me.)
Now, go out and do it – if you believe it is totally right for you, but know it’s not an easy path. There are a lot of us who do this for a living 52 weeks a year, there are a lot of us here who do it for love when they can. If you make this your career choice, then you will need to work hard to follow those dreams – you will work very hard. If at some point, you realize that this is not the path for you – you will want to have a good, solid general education.