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Anonymous #1

Should I go to college if I don't want to go?
    #19076660 - 11/02/13 07:18 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

My parents have always told me that college is no option in my family and that I will go no mater what. Frankly, I do not know if I want to go to college. I'm a high school senior and I'm about a B average student, so I do average in school. I hate where I live though and I am not happy here at all. I have never met one person that I have felt that I could consider a great friend or someone that I really connected with. The group that I hang out with and associate with is cool and I like the guys in it, but I simply always feel out of place when with them. Maybe I'm just socially awkward and will feel like this around everyone I meet, I don't know.

If I do go to college, I'd much rather go to a community college, as it would allow me to go elsewhere in the country and live in an area more suitable to who I am as a person and hopefully I will meet some similar people. I'm also not keen about jumping straight from high school to college. Sixteen years of constant school does not seem like a life I want, and after high school I'd like to take a one or two year break and just do my own thing and explore different places in America in order to find a place where I fit in.

Essentially, this is all based around my happiness. I feel like my own happiness is the most important thing in my life, and if that means taking a break to just do my own thing for a couple of years and then settle down some place and go to a community college at that point, then that is what I feel like will be best for me. I am not happy in the state or region that I live, and even to think that I'll be here for half a year more is unsettling, let alone four more years. How do I tell my parents that what they think is best isn't necessarily best, and that if I want to fuck around and find myself and what makes me happy for a year or so and then go on to a community college, then that's what I'm going to do?


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Anonymous #2

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #1] * 2
    #19076716 - 11/02/13 07:31 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I went and wasted a bunch of money out of high school to try to please my parents. I didn't try I just dropped out of all my classes every semester.

When you graduate high school its time to be your own person. If you don't want to go you aren't going to do well. I felt like I had no reason to be there...What am I here I kept asking myself. Now I am at a point where I want to go but I wasted my money so now I don't know if I will ever be able to go back.

Find the reason you want to go, if you aren't motivated it will be a waste.

You are out of high school, it's time for you to grow up and do your own thing. They might get mad but in the end they will understand if you make it work. Too many parents think they know what is best for their kid. Oh this is what worked for me so let me force it on my kid because he thinks exactly like me, I mean he has to since he is my child...I understand they want the best for you but the years after high school I feel like define a person and it should be your choice what you do.

If you go just to make your parents happy even if you graduate with a degree it will probably just be something easy that you choose to graduate and end up out of school with no job in the same position you were in when you graduated high school...trying to find yourself, purpose, and what you want to do with your life. I've seen it too much from friends, graduating working in a restaurant.


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Anonymous #3

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #1]
    #19076728 - 11/02/13 07:33 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

first off university for generals doesn't make any sense unless you're trying to get away. You might be able to find some new friends at school, but keep in mind most college guys have the maturity of a drunk 16 year old about to get laid for the first time.:shrug:
If you dont want to go away right off just ask your parents to pay for 2 years of community.


Then again you parents are offering you free education. Coming from someone who is 23 without anything more than a diploma, take advantage of that.

Going to college isnt a garunteed 100k/year job like everyone drilled into your head when you were a kid(my generation anyway), but it cannot possibly hurt you in regards to employment later in life


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Anonymous #4

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #1]
    #19076953 - 11/02/13 08:24 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Well...think of it this way....You parents are trying to help you succeed in life.:thumbup:

They have lived a long time, and only would tell you to do what was best in their eye for success.:thumbup:

Should you go to college if you don't want to? :confused:

Sure don't go to college. Don't listen to your parents, you already know it all :shrug:


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Anonymous #5

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #4] * 1
    #19076959 - 11/02/13 08:26 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I am just responding to title of the topic. You shouldn't go to college until you are ready and feel good about going. That is just my opinion though. Just get your mind prepared and sooner or later you will feel good about going.


Edited by Anonymous (11/02/13 08:27 PM)


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Anonymous #6

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #4] * 2
    #19076964 - 11/02/13 08:27 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Don't go unless you're ready. I went straight out of high school and I hated it. Wish I would have taken a few years off to just work.

I'm going back next quarter and I actually want to do it for myself this time. School is easy if you are willing to work at it.


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Anonymous #1

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #4]
    #19077008 - 11/02/13 08:41 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Quote:

Anonymous #4 said:
Well...think of it this way....You parents are trying to help you succeed in life.:thumbup:

They have lived a long time, and only would tell you to do what was best in their eye for success.:thumbup:

Should you go to college if you don't want to? :confused:

Sure don't go to college. Don't listen to your parents, you already know it all :shrug:




I am well aware that I do not know it all, I never said that I did, please do not put words in my mouth, thank you.

I am not necessarily sure that I do not want to go to college, but I definitely do not want to go immediately out of high school, I'd much rather take off a couple of years and just do me and find what I am interested in and what matters to me in life. Explore different parts of the U.S. and North America.

I am not totally opposed to the idea of college, but I know at this point in my life I lack the motivation for college and I feel like I'd be much better suited to attend a community college in a few years time, if I choose to go.


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Anonymous #4

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #1]
    #19078876 - 11/03/13 05:45 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Think of going to collage kind of like how a motor works.
gears, mechanics and electrical systems all work in synchronicity to produce a end result.

Now try and think about this.


You were learning all the math, science, physics, English, etc.
If you take a couple of years off school chances are you will forget most of that stuff that you learned in terms of being able to pick up where you left off.

If you take a couple of years off school you will get use to making money and entering the real world. You very will will find that the opportunity to go to school will just not be there.

My advice is to follow your parents advice and go to collage.

Count your blessings, the vast majority of the kids don't get the opportunity to even go to collage.

Most kids, that think they will take a couple years off school before collage never go back because they missed that boat long ago and it is out of sight.

Where will you be in 3 to 5 years if you go to collage and where will you be in 3 to 5 years if you don't go to collage.:shrug:


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Anonymous #7

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #1]
    #19079024 - 11/03/13 06:58 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Yes, obey your parents. Plus you might actually get a job that pays over minimum wage if you go to college.


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Anonymous #8

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #7]
    #19079058 - 11/03/13 07:12 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Yeah, you *might* get a job that pays over minimum wage with a degree.  Great.  Meanwhile you're 100k in debt right off the bat, unless your parents are paying for it.


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Anonymous #7

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #8]
    #19079070 - 11/03/13 07:16 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Might is under your control. It depends on your grades and major. Without a degree you are limited in a lot of ways.

Many people without degrees start their own businesses and make shitloads of money. Others work at starbucks.


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Anonymous #9

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #7]
    #19079845 - 11/03/13 11:14 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

No, you should not go if you are not interested in going. You don't want to be like me- realizing I need school later on and spending a whole load of time making up the classes I failed out of.

That said, you DO want to go to school.

Reality Check: Unless you have, oh, $20k stashed somewhere, "explore the US and North America for a few years" = Sit in your parents basement and work part time at Mcdonalds, while watching all of your friends post pics from parties at frat houses.

You want to explore the country? Apply to a bunch of universities and colleges across the country and do it on your parents dime! School is the perrrrfect place to find yourself. Take art and fencing and one english class that you can do in your sleep.  You don't know how good you've got it, honestly.  No where else will you meet so many like-minded people, your age, doing cool stuff.  Working sucks dude, sitting in class is easy.

I wish so much I had listened to the people telling me this when I was your age. I wish so much that I had taken advantage of the amazing opportunities handed to me instead of letting apathy run my life.


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Anonymous #1

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #9]
    #19079932 - 11/03/13 11:33 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Quote:

That said, you DO want to go to school.

You want to explore the country? Apply to a bunch of universities and colleges across the country and do it on your parents dime! School is the perrrrfect place to find yourself. Take art and fencing and one english class that you can do in your sleep.  You don't know how good you've got it, honestly.  No where else will you meet so many like-minded people, your age, doing cool stuff.  Working sucks dude, sitting in class is easy.




No, I DO NOT want to go to school.

And I spent a summer hitchhiking two years ago with a friend of mine. It's free travel, and I don't mind bumming a couple bucks off people to eat McDonalds to live. It's actually amazingly easy to find enough money to get by when you have none of your on. Unlike some, I don't need a fucking roof over my head and a 3 cours emeal because I'm not a pampered king like some think about themselves.


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Anonymous #9

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #1]
    #19079955 - 11/03/13 11:36 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

OK, good luck with being a bum then.


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Anonymous #7

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #9]
    #19079970 - 11/03/13 11:40 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Quote:

Anonymous #9 said:
OK, good luck with being a bum then.




He can clean my windows.


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Anonymous #1

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #7]
    #19079991 - 11/03/13 11:48 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Did you go to college, #9?

Sad world it is when people put money over happiness.


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Anonymous #8

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #1]
    #19079998 - 11/03/13 11:51 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

You can make plenty of money welding, laying bricks, etc.  There is a shortage of people who aren't overqualified for that type of work.  No shame in it.


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Anonymous #10

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #8]
    #19081143 - 11/03/13 04:06 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Take some time off, figure out what you want to do. College isn't for everyone.

That being said, without SOME form of training, it's nearly impossible to do anything. At least learn how to weld or fix cars or something.


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Anonymous #11

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #10] * 1
    #19081271 - 11/03/13 04:32 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

No time to read through all the replies, but in my opinion the first function of school is to learn, not to get a job. The way post-secondary education is treated today is backwards, everyone is expected to go to a college or university to get a good job. These institutions were created to educate and spread knowledge and information, not to train people so they can get a good paying job. If you want to learn, go to school. If you don't, don't. Post-secondary education isn't for everybody and shouldn't be an expectation for every child.


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Anonymous #9

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #9]
    #19084953 - 11/04/13 11:11 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Quote:

Anonymous #1 said:
Did you go to college, #9?




Yes, I went to university straight out of highschool, and am back at a city college trying to restart now. 
Quote:

Anonymous #9 said:
You don't want to be like me- realizing I need school later on and spending a whole load of time making up the classes I failed out of.



Look, I was a lot like you. I went in to school not giving a fuck and then gave up and moved back home 'to find myself'. Finding myself ended up being lot like working a series of shit jobs and begging my parents for money, with, I'll concede, some cool adventures along the way. Now, I'm getting my shit together and fuck, I really wish I had done it right the first time so I could be buying cars and houses like my friends.

Quote:

Anonymous #1 said:Sad world it is when people put money over happiness.




Said the kid still living under his parents roof. Happiness is being able to buy all of the groceries you want and pay the power bill on time.


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Anonymous #12

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #9]
    #19090441 - 11/05/13 02:35 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/18750355

OP owes 350k in unpaid student loans.


~

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/18922384

Rewards of working off the sweat of your brow.


I'd read both threads in full and then read em again.


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Anonymous #13

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #12]
    #19090706 - 11/05/13 03:26 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Theres a guy professor doom that has a blog thats pretty informative u should google it


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Anonymous #14

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #1]
    #19090752 - 11/05/13 03:36 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

OP I feel ya.
Tell your parents you want college in a couple years. You better be able to support yourself because they will kick you outta the house possibly.
I regret going to the college I am right now. Its in a shithole of a city. DO NOT EVER major in something you can't get a job in or hate.
Just move to an intentional community and tell society to fuck off.


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Anonymous #15

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #12]
    #19091072 - 11/05/13 04:45 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Quote:

Anonymous #12 said:
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/18750355

OP owes 350k in unpaid student loans.


~

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/18922384

Rewards of working off the sweat of your brow.


I'd read both threads in full and then read em again.




Meh, degree or not, it takes work.  You'll get rewards working off the sweat of your brow either way.  Dividing it into "college vs. not college" is dumb.  I have hundreds of friends that went to college and we're all making bank.

I have friends digging ditches that are also doing OK.


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Anonymous #16

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #1]
    #19093937 - 11/06/13 03:43 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Go to college.  Learn something.  Educate yourself.  You don't have to rack up huge debts.  Maybe you'll find a path to a career that can afford you everything you want out of life rather than bumming rides and begging for burgers at McDonalds.  If you enjoy bumming rides and eating shit food while traveling across the country, imagine doing it in style in a brand new jeep with tons of disposable income.  Seems that you are drawn to a path where the odds of living hand to mouth is likely.  Yeah, lots of people shit on college on these forums, but its mandatory for most decent careers. 

Impulsive decisions that put short term pleasure ahead of long term benefits is short-sighted and sadly prevalent on these forums.  Too many people living for the moment and fucking up the rest of their lives.  Go to college before you knock some girl up or get arrested or get stupid or get deeper in bad decisions.

A Bachelors Degree today is what a high school diploma was a generation ago.  If you don't have one, you will be viewed as a retarded loser. 

And you'll marry a fat, ugly girl.


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Anonymous #17

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #16]
    #19096667 - 11/06/13 05:46 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Anon 1, I'm with you if you want to postpone college for 1-2 years, provided you go to actually WORK productively, not beg, bum and travel on parents' dime.

I've had both jobs and classes that looked good on paper, but in fact were a tremendous waste of time, as I wasn't into it at the time. Moved from a bank job to a tech support job that paid a little less, and frankly I was never happier. Learned to live on my own, be responsible with bills, cook my own food etc. I could have stuck to the bank job, have a lot more money now, and probably be miserable as fuck not knowing at all how to spend it.

Go work for a year or two, this will then give you an intrinsic drive to study, and more importantly you'll know WHAT to study, what actually interests you, from within. If you don't feel like doing it now, lectures and classes would be wasted on you anyway, just as they were on me when I didn't care for them.


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Anonymous #18

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #15]
    #19097015 - 11/06/13 06:55 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Quote:

Anonymous #15 said:
Quote:

Anonymous #12 said:
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/18750355

OP owes 350k in unpaid student loans.


~

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/18922384

Rewards of working off the sweat of your brow.


I'd read both threads in full and then read em again.




Meh, degree or not, it takes work.  You'll get rewards working off the sweat of your brow either way.  Dividing it into "college vs. not college" is dumb.  I have hundreds of friends that went to college and we're all making bank.

I have friends digging ditches that are also doing OK.




Owing that much student loan debt can easily be avoided. For starters, don't go to a pricey, private institution. Go to the cheapest state college you can find. And find part-time work at the same time so you don't have to take out as many loans. If your parents allow you to live there, live at home and commute from home, so that way you don't have to take out any loans at all, you can just accept financial aid, or just enough loans to cover tuition. I graduated with only $20,000 student loan debt, because my tuition was only $2 or $3K a semester.


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Anonymous #19

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #1]
    #19101492 - 11/07/13 04:08 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Quote:

Anonymous #1 said:
Did you go to college, #9?

Sad world it is when people put money over happiness.




I was pushed into community college. I dropped out in less than a semester because i didnt know what i wanted and thus had no reason to try.

Think about how important money is to you when youre a stressed out bottom feeder making 10 bucks an hour.

Now think about having a 2 year degree in something like occupational therapy and making 25 bucks an hour not breaking your body and not with fear of being cut from a job.

Its not a clear decision but I'll tell you money will have far less importance in your life when youre not struggling to pay the bills and are working the same amount of hours.


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Anonymous #19

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #12]
    #19101510 - 11/07/13 04:12 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Quote:

Anonymous #12 said:
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/18750355

OP owes 350k in unpaid student loans.


~

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/18922384

Rewards of working off the sweat of your brow.


I'd read both threads in full and then read em again.




Go to community college, step 1
step 2, get an associates in physical or occupational therapy
step 3, pay off your 60,000 in loans in the next few years while making a cool 40-50,000 a year after taxes.

Jesus people are stupid. Schools not for all, but for 2 years of your time you can have a qualification that allows you to climb a ladder pretty much straight to the top.

25 bucks an hour as a young man can pay a house off easy... You can own your own shit, maybe grow on your own property, and take bitches to get a hard lay in a place you OWN.


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Anonymous #20

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #19] * 1
    #19207771 - 11/30/13 08:44 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

You should go to college. You shouldn't go to college until you're ready. Don't waste you and your parents' money.


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Anonymous #21

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #20]
    #19219843 - 12/02/13 10:25 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

Anonymous #20 said:
You should go to college. You shouldn't go to college until you're ready. Don't waste you and your parents' money.




QFT


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Anonymous #22

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #21]
    #19273020 - 12/13/13 11:54 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

If you don't know what you want to do, just go to a junior college and just do general ed classes. That way when you DO know what you want to do, you'll have all the bullshit classes out of the way.

Your parents are right, you should go to college. By the way, you will meet cool people in college. Most people will be your age once you get to that point.

You will get way better jobs with a college education. If you don't go to college, do you REALLY want to be a lame ass manager of some lame ass retail store or lame ass restaurant? Customer service is NOT where you want to be 10 years from now and if you don't go to school, that is the only job you'll be able to have.


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Anonymous #23

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #21]
    #19274700 - 12/14/13 01:09 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

Anonymous #21 said:
Quote:

Anonymous #20 said:
You should go to college. You shouldn't go to college until you're ready. Don't waste you and your parents' money.




QFT




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Anonymous #24

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #23]
    #19277586 - 12/15/13 03:05 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

So much ignorance in this thread.


I was exactly in your shoes 2 years ago, OP.

My parents also encouraged me to go to school right after high school and they knew how much I loathed high school
I even hitchhiked a little when I was 18 and was interested in alternative forms of living and travel.


If you agree that attachment is the route of all suffering and want to lead a life meditating, doing yoga, and bumming around in asia or hawaii for a few years or making your way travelling around, then I think that's commendable.  If you want to be a scummy alcoholic trainhopper kid, then that's kinda shitty IMO but you can do whatever you want.  One of my friends is homeless and leads a very spiritual life and I respect him for following his ideals.


I'm almost 20 now and I plan on going to a community college in an entirely new city where I don't know anyone.  I've spent the last two years dicking around and I'm sick of this.  I graduated at 18, traveled a little bit.  Hitchhiked to a couple of places(never really lived on the street), got arrested, travelled to other countries, met some wonderful people in a college town near where I live, tried new drugs, pushed myself out of my comfort zone, meditated a lot, cooked lots of foods, and had lots of experiences.  I'm not saying you wouldn't have great experiences in college but from what I've seen in my college-goin' friends, they just drink.  and go to parties.  But of course, it's all about what you make out of it.

Why do I want to go to a community college now? 
-I'm afraid of being here forever.  Several of my friends are doing the same shit they've done in high school.  In fact, most are in one way or another.  A good friend of mine was homeschooled when he was 15(he didn't do much in homeschool.)  He's 20 now and he still acts like a child.  Every time I walk into his house, he's a tv show or movie on netflix.  He's always talking about how he plans on making music soon or releasing an album and booking shows.  He's said the same stuff since he was 15 and he's played 2 shows.  One was at an open-stage night that nobody was at besides the people he invited.  and the other was at our high school gym with other high school bands.  Just don't him and don't let yourself get stagnant.  I guess that's what I'm saying.

-Mindfulness and Experiences.  I meditate a lot and I'm interested in where I place my attention.  I don't want to place my attention on junk food thoughts or petty bullshit.  Where we place our attention(negative vs. positive thoughts, friends, any situation) affects who we will become.  I want to be surrounded by intelligent people who study and talk about intelligent things.  People whose lives don't revolve around getting home after work so they can drink or get high.

-Becoming interested in something.  The most fulfilling moments in a person's life are when they're totally alive in the present moment IMO.  Whether that's running, playing music, reading, or meditation.  Here's a book describing what I'm talking about.  The guy also did a TED talk.  I want to go to school, explore my interests and pursue a subject that at the very least, doesn't hurt the environment or other people, improves my life and lets me experience flow doing it, and gives me a reasonable standard of living.  Enough to travel and buy healthy food.  Passions don't fall out of the sky though and I'm going to have to put forth an effort to find out what I enjoy and how I can contribute.
    -- I'm a bit averse to trades for some reason even though I shouldn't be.  You can help people, make reasonable money, and practice mindfulness while you work.  I'm going to look into that later. 

-Moving to a city.  I've heard that people who live in cities are generally higher.  I'll also bump into more people, be able to visit bigger libraries, more museums, more different types of food, and way more places to learn things in general.  The public transportation's gonna be awesome too.









So basically, if you decided not to read this, my condensed advice for you is to take a year or two off but don't stop pushing yourself out of your comfort zone or to learn new things and to not let yourself become stagnant.  Travel if you can.  and then if you want, you can learn a trade, go to college/university, work a minimum wage job, or become homeless.

Or you could decide not listen to any of this.  and just dick around and watch tv all day.  and then once your passion for life has been sucked out of you and you're disgusted with yourself(sorta like me, to a degree) then you can go college or whatever.  You may be into this website.  It's interesting but I don't exactly agree with everything they stand for.


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Anonymous #25

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #24]
    #19278354 - 12/15/13 09:30 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

My friend went to community college for 2 years and got an engineering degree. He got a good job making 40-50k/year almost immediately, and I'm pretty sure his total college cost wasn't more than maybe 6k.

Of course, there are plenty of ways to make good money even with no college. Start an online webshop and sell shit. Mine crypto-currencies. Be creative, be smart, and most importantly work hard and you will have a good chance of succeeding.


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Anonymous #26

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #25]
    #19292523 - 12/18/13 09:29 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I had to drop out of college.


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Anonymous #27

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #1]
    #19334119 - 12/27/13 07:02 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Hello #1...I have taught at the university level for almost 40 years.

A little advice...only go to tech school or college to go into something THAT LEADS TO A JOB.  IF IT DOESN'T LEAD TO A JOB, DON'T GO THERE.

There are many technical fields that take 2 years, OR LESS, that lead to decent jobs.  HVAC, welding, machining, automotive, construction management. 

There are many 4 year degrees that lead to decent jobs right after graduation:  engineering, education, agriculture, social work, nursing, accounting.

Don't go to college (community college or otherwise) and take a bunch of boring-ass generals with no idea where you are going with it, hoping you'll figure it out after you're in college.  I see students all the time who are just racking up debt, taking generals, and hating every minute of it.

The last thing you should do, is major in something without a very clear career path, where a 2 or 4 year career does not lead to a job.  The vast majority of college students make that mistake.  Better to take a 3-month course in welding and get a job than to graduate a 4 year degree in Sociology (or whatever) that qualifies you to do absolutely nothing.


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Anonymous #28

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #27]
    #19334124 - 12/27/13 07:03 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

If you do not want to do something and cannot see it bringing a  positive result, then dont.


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Anonymous #29

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #1] * 1
    #19334251 - 12/27/13 07:52 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

DO NOT go to college if you do not want to go.

I attended college under guilty feelings of satisfying my parents' wishes.  They weren't even all that happy after I had graduated due to the debt the family incurred, PLUS I feel like I wasted six years of my life.

In addition, the job I have doesn't fucking care that I have a degree and is paying the same amount as the jobs that do care if I have a degree.


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Anonymous #30

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #1]
    #19334548 - 12/27/13 09:05 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Just go. You can fuck around a good bit in college. See what all the hype is about. You can have as much time as you plan and schedule. Responsibility will come eventually. You can fuck around in the subset(college). Pick some classes that don't require much attendance and just own the tests if class isn't your thing.

College is a club. It opens opportunities and connections that you MAY want to pursue in the future.

Yes of course you don't want to bow down and get stuck in some field. Go for projects, so you can still be exploring. Go UNDECLARED.


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Anonymous #28

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #30]
    #19335686 - 12/28/13 05:59 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I woild go as far to say the current face of education is brainwash... I would rather have died of starvation..


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Anonymous #26

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #28] * 2
    #19338012 - 12/28/13 05:53 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I would say don't go to college if u don't want too, a lot of people who go who don't want to go end up flunking out


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Anonymous #31

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #26]
    #19407233 - 01/12/14 07:43 AM (10 years, 19 days ago)

All I read was the title. But listen to me. I was in highschool and didn't want to go to college. I wanted to stick out my thumb and go west after I graduated. But I gave in and decided to go to community college to make my parents happy. Well, I went for a year, got good grades mostly, but fucking hated a lot of shit we learned about and how limited the classes were to chose from at this college. I was wasting my time. Luckily community college is way cheaper than normal college. So my debt is around 7,000 I think. Which fucking sucks. I hate that. I spent that money and wasted that time just to drop out.

Only good thing I got out of going to college a year was meeting my soul mate. And now I am working saving up money to pay off my debt and save up while my girl finishes school then we are going out west and the real adventure begins.

Trust me. If you have doubt about going to college, don't go. you won't be happy with yourself and will either painstakingly force yourself through college, or you'll drop out and have a bunch of debt. Fuck what your family says. They can't make such important life decisions for anyone other than themselves. Be free


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Anonymous #32

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #1]
    #19426417 - 01/16/14 06:32 AM (10 years, 15 days ago)

Dude it's pointless to go just because your parents want you to that will probably wind up in either you dropping out and wasting a fuckton of money doing so or you actually completing it winding up with a job, you hate while being around people you hate, and doing things you hate so I reccomend you just go for whatever makes you happy.


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Anonymous #14

Re: Should I go to college if I don't want to go? [Re: Anonymous #32]
    #19427130 - 01/16/14 09:57 AM (10 years, 15 days ago)

very fuckin true. as long as you save money well you can live a very comfortable life without much money:awesomenod:
Assuming you don't have kids that is.
This is the path I plan on taking and I am happy I chose it.


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