Disillusionment with College

Woah... you have the setup of a dream. Take it all, man. I graduated early myself, and it was a great decision. I see all the kids that I should have graduated with still doing the highschool thing, and it's hilarious/pitiful. Go out west and then come back for college, particularly if your parents are so supportive.

That's my next issue, is telling my mother. Shit's about to hit the fan when I go home for thanksgiving, unfortunately. She's not going to be happy at all, but unfortunately there's nothing she can do about it. This past semester I paid for college out of my own pocket ($1300) so that I'd have no loans. If she insists I go again this next semester, I'm not putting any money down, and I'm not signing the master promissory note.

Hopefully I can sidestep all that shit by explaining everything to her very calmly, I'm thinking about writing her a letter. She's about to go back to college right now herself. But she's looking into schools like Cornell and Colgate, I don't think she realizes just how different those places are as compared to Plattsburgh. Who knows, she might be calm with it. Last time we talked, she advised I take both semesters, and then I could "reassess". So at least she's past the militant stage. It helps that my stepdad supports me 100%, he basically owns her mind. We'll see.
 
go ski bum then! really, if you arent completely ready to dedicate your time to college, or arent set on a major that you're passionate about. dont go, especially if school isnt your thing.im FAR from being a school type. but i can see the point in going back if i find a career that i would love to do that requires a degree.

if you can spend more than a year. shit spend 10, experience life as much as you can, then when you want to go for a career, you will know so much more about yourself and know exactly what you want to do. you will be much more successful if you have a career in something that you love, rather than be the 99% of kids who go to college just to get a paper that says they did it, then get a job they dont like just so they can earn money.

there are soooo many things i wanna do right now, i cant see myself dedicating my life to college for atleast 10 years or so, and ive already been out of highschool 4 years. ive got a friend who never went to college, hes climbing cell phone towers now, works 4 months a year, and the rest of the year he goes out and does whatever he wants, experiencing things.
 
This, the program I'm in is called outdoor recreation business administration. Sure I won't make as much money as I would if I was to become an accountant or something like that, but at least I know I'll be happy.
 
I don't think it's so much that some people aren't meant for college, as it is people are choosing the wrong college.

For example, the original poster here mentioned he likes/wants to work on farms....and yet went to a school that's nowhere near farms, and apparently has no agricultural programs?

Why? Why would you willingly distance yourself from what you want to do?

Or the people who claim school sucks because they can't go skiing, and come to find out they opted to go to school in arizona or something similar.

Colleges are literally everywhere. And there's a school for everything, even if it isn't by traditional definitions a college. Put more thought into what you want to do, and research it like mad. Many students don't seem to understand that you will be living there for 4 years, so you had better like where you are.
 
i came to college with the hopes of making many new friendships. Now its fall semester and im a sophomore, and i have made only a few friends. Im struggling with my own shyness and confidence, i go to parties to try and make friends but i just feel lost. Its this weird paradox i battle with all the time. On one hand i want to make new friends, on the other hand when the time comes i cant sack up. I realize now that friends made at parties are usually only surface value (hey dude whats up! and thats it). I now go to campus events and coffee shops and so on to try and make some real friendships but im still struggling. Im definitely learning a lot and im on my way to becoming what i want to be (history professor) so that part of college i cant argue with. Im struggling with the social aspect and that part sucks.
 
I feel you 110%. You can't even say hello to a random person on the street, they get apprehensive and freaked out. It's like, have some spirit of brotherhood, why don't ya? ffs
 
Sounds a lot like myself at the moment, exept I droped out of highschool and am living with my dad in a big city in a foreign country.

Just don't let your schooling get in the way of your education - Mark Twain
 
I'm in my second year of a Business degree, about to go into my first exam of the semester ( in like 4-5 hours) and I've had very similar thoughts recently regarding the point of University.

Although I may not have thought this before I started Uni, I now know that what you study at university is not important. It isn't important in the eyes of your future employer and it ins't important regarding life lessons.

In the eyes of your employer the point of a degree:

The fact that you sacrificed all other possibilities (Living on a farm, travelling around the world, getting a decent job from day one) and put developing your career before all that. It proves dedication to learning, it proves perseverance. Which are deemed pretty important qualities regarding an employee.

In the eyes of life lessons:

I once asked several people the most important thing they learn at uni, I got:

- Time Management

- How to live

- Organisation

 
Dude you seem like you have shit really figured out.

Awesome manual labour skills, intelligence, ability to party, get laid and barely ever go to class.

Stay in fucking school, deal with all the shit because school does such a lot at times and get your degree in a talent that applies to your life and it sounds like you have the potential to do plenty with your life.
 
For me life is about finding what you want to do. If it makes you happy and you enjoy it then go for it. Personally I enjoy learning and I in a way look up to teachers. I have been brought up to value education etc. In our society, higher learning is supposed to get you further. Some people are just not the type to be taking classes etc. Overall thought if you are already 2+ years into college stick it out. It is better off to have a degree and be a bum (easier to get back up if it doesn't work out) than it is to just drop out. If you make a poor decision you will have something to look back towards to get a restart. If you can stick it out then do whatever you want. Just my advice, good luck.
 
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