At the age of 14, Jolie dropped out of her acting classes and aspired to become a funeral director.^[16] She began working as a fashion model, modeling mainly in Los Angeles, New York, and London. During this period, she wore black clothing, experimented with knife play, and went out moshing with her live-in boyfriend.^[14] Two years later, after the relationship had ended, she rented an apartment above a garage a few blocks from her mother's home. She returned to theater studies and graduated from high school a year early, though in recent times she has referred to this period with the observation,