So I've become another college drop out statistic.

[dhanu86]

Originally Posted by TylerJAX

There's no point in proclaiming you're a loser on the internet. Except for the top rated schools, college is easy. You lack focus and discipline. The sooner you stop being a mediocre sack of **** in life, the better off you'll be.

I never said college is hard. It's a hell of a lot easier if you have a specified plan with what u plan to do upon graduation.. seeing fruits of your labor before you spend 60 credits kissing butt in essays or feeling like ur not learning things u will use. With this comes lack of focus and discipline.

[tahiti]

Originally Posted by dhanu86

Well the truth is my father never paid for anything to do with my education so your dead wrong. I never REALLY struggled and don't plan to because I take precaution and keep a healthy balance in the bank. And what's wrong with a part-time job???? Not everyone is in a screwed up financial situation over their head with a million bills. Luckily I've learned observing others at an early age. I live in a cheap apartment with someone. Man ur 2 cents sucks, are you a moderator?

good for you. best of luck.

[dhanu86]

Originally Posted by GirlFromJersey

I know how you feel. I've transferred schools two times (went to my "dream" college straight out of high school and absolutely hated it, came home and went to the community college to get the prerequisites out of the way and now I'm at a school that better fits my needs) and sometimes it just feels like I don't know what I'm doing. I still feel like one day I'm going to wake up and be like "I don't want to do this anymore."

Same feeling I had. The only way to someday know what ur doing is continue, until maybe one morning u'll have a vision. It only took 2 days for me to drop out for good. 3 days earlier I was excited about registering Spring semester. This one last assignment about "candy in ancient Asia" broke the camels back.

[JerseyG]

Interesting topic and again, I agree with EEEP.

I'm a firm believer in going to college and getting that BA or BS (espeically for my kids). However I do understand it's not for everyone (except my kids).

Have I used my degree, per se? No. My DH hasn't used either one of his either BUT niether one of us think those 4 years + spent in college and graduate school were worthless years spent learning a load of crapola.

If you should ever find yourself working in a corporate environment it's just going to be that much harder to get promoted or get the highest pay increase b/c you DON'T have that piece of paper. Your knowledge and experience don't always carry you through when it comes to those types of things. Employers like to see that college degree - and not for much else other than they know you "had it in you" to muddle through/stick it out. That you accomplished something. That you took four years of your life to grow up and deal with all the garbage thrown at you in those 4 yearsAND got through it. .

I used to have "the speech" down to a "T" when I had to tell people why I was passing them over to hire someone else with a degree and less experience. I can't even remember 1/2 of it anymore but I do remember that that piece of paper does prove a little bit of something over someone who doesn't have it. Does it mean someone who doesn't have a college diploma WON'T make a million+ a year? No.

Best of luck to you but I would go back to/stay in school and get over it. When you are starting up your "better than Yahoo idea", what are you going to draw from? Being an angry young man or someone who paid his dues?

My mother always (and still does) said to us, "you don't have to like it, you just have to do it. It will benefit you someday and you won't know it until you know it".

[dhanu86]

I'm thankful for all the well thought out feedback. I do have some anger in me. I don't believe forcing myself to learn for the sake of paper is a way I will "pay my dues". I'm not angry at any specific person but I believe education is corrupt and does horrible things to people from money to lack of learning what's practical to creating a sheep mentality in students to robbing them of their individuality and creativity likely preparing them to sell their soul for a career just to have a salary for all the material things in life they find essential. If people here think education is so important they should look at poorer countries, US is very unique even compared to europe. What I choose and a lot of dropouts choose isn't necessarily if they're making the RIGHT or WRONG decision because the decision is final. It's a matter of if they can live with the decision.

[Diane Giam]

Originally Posted by dhanu86

As I said I've dropped out 2 times before. The first time after freshman year, 2nd time after just hating school and wanting to work, and now after experiencing that Universities are no better. How is it I get a D in English 101 freshmen year, then transfer to another community college and get an A+ in English 101 working even less hard?? Professors some are great some are horrrrrible. Online classes suck as well, half people who take them drop or fail them. I don't want to be part of this evil system.

You're right I've been an adult for 4 years it's time I grow some balls and take responsibility for my own future. And I was wasting time. I'm not going back.

My daughters college has a website where Students rate the teachers, she avoids the ones with the bad ratings. She was going to start her minor this semester but will wait, because the time she needs only has the poor rated profesor.

Diane G

[CuCullin]

Originally Posted by sholden

Those wealthy guys either had rich parents, or got lucky (better lucky than good is very true), or left college/high school to pursue something else and got rich doing that.

Larry Ellison was born to an unwed, 19yr old mother, who gave him up for adoption to an aunt & uncle, living in a 2 bedroom apartment in Chicago.

He became wealthy in his 30's.