I quit school during high school. I hated it, found it useless and boring, and managed to sleep through most classes that I bothered to show up for.
I’m now 29, a mother of four, and I’m back in school. I love it. I get straight A’s, and can’t wait to move farther up.
It may be something that you’re not ready for right now, or it may be something that you will never be ready for. I think that if you hate it, you should take some time away and re-evaluate yourself. There are jobs out there that don’t require a college education (altho I found that most of them sucked, you might find something you like). If you don’t find something you really like to do, you may find yourself ready to go back to school. I just don’t see the point in going for the sake of going. You have to really want it.
I wanted to thank everyone for their responses so far. I’ve been really depressed and angry lately and I just needed to vent. I got home today (finally) and I’ll have a few weeks to relax and think things through. The way I see it right now, there’s no way I could sit through college and be fulfilled with what I’m doing. I NEED experience in the World. Yes, I know The World is also a pain in the ass, but I feel like I want that challenge.
So thanks for sharing all your personal stuff. I shall be thinking and reflecting and all that mushy shit for the next few days, and I might even talk to The Parents.
I quit college after 3 years and too much debt. I also wasn’t totally enthused with my major and had a sort of “is this IT?” kind of feeling most of the time. My parents were strongly opposed to me either taking time off or delaying the start of college by a year, so I went and regretted it. I did have some fun experiences, but paying off the loans wasn’t one of them.
Now it’s 6 years later and I am back part time, and this time I WANT to be here, instead of being pressured. I am also pursuing a course of study I am really interested in instead of something I think I can get a job in. I’ll be full time in the spring and will graduate in 2.5 years with luck.
Friedo, in honor of your bumpitudiness, I thought I would offer some serious thoughts on your plight.
You sound a lot like I was in college - here is a caveat before you do any thing rash.
My first year in college was an alcohol/drug haze, after which it was suggested by my advisor that I take a semester off. A slate of grades filled with F’s and Incompletes will do that.
I smacked myself around a little and got my shit together and went back the next semester anyway. I did pretty good for the next two and half years, not spectacular, but passing. That last semester hit and I was just totally sick of school. I decided to go try the real world.
It’s a sad state of things, but it seems to be true - without a college degree, opportunities are hard to come by. I’ve had the shittiest jobs one could imagine. I did manage to land at a good company, and rose through the ranks. Although I was there for ten years and never made it above Supervisor. Now I find myself attempting to make a career change, and I’ve been turned down by a whole slew of employers. I’m pretty sure it’s because I have no sheepskin to show them.
I’m now 35, and desperate to get my degree. Do as I say and not as I do. Stick it out, get your degree. It really sucks when you know you can do a job and you’re not even considered because of the lack of a piece of paper.
I liked college life – except for classes. I despised being a student, I was NOT a good student, and I didn’t want to BE a student.
I was a “prima donna”, a hot shot, and a bit of a hot head. Sometime during my Junior year I had a major disagreement with a professor about a project. He made me so mad that I quit school on the spot. Never went back.
Fortunately, I had completed most of my major course work and found a job in my field. One of the things about IT is that if you’re talented, the degree really is secondary.
I have to totally agree with Pipeliner and pldennison. If you don’t know (or at least aren’t entirely sure) about what you want to do, stop going, quit, get out. whatever.
I was like pl…expected to go to college, had the great grades, etc. However, I never really knew what I wanted to do and since Mom and Dad in no way could EVER afford to pay for me to go, I didn’t. I joined the miliary. Best decision I ever made. Now that I’m older (32), I’ve decided to go to college (nursing school) 'cause I’ve finally decided what I really want to do with my life.
Time is one of the only things you can never replace. Don’t waste it. Get out into the world, get a job you like, get some experience. When you’re ready (and you’ll know when that is), then go back to school. You’d be amazed and the classes that colleges hold for people working full-time.
OK. Let me shed some light on this subject. I actually am a fourth year Information Technology student at RIT. So I know exactly how the school works, and our programs are in many ways very similar. All I can say is that it sounds to me like you want the world to just bend over backwards and hand you everything you want on a silver platter. RIT is a fantastic school, especially for our majors. Unless you plan on going Ivy League you would be hard pressed to find a school that could offer you the same degree of education for the money. With that education comes a price. The price here is responsibility. You have to take responsibility for your own actions. If you don’t mind me asking what year in college are you? As far as you getting an F in a class that you didn’t know you had to go to, that is completely your fault. Your schedule is available online 24/7, all you had to was check it once. Not to mention the 45 million notices about your schedule that they leave in your CS mailbox. On another note, if you chose to be a CS major, you should have realized that you were going to need math. Especiailly calc, and a whole lot of it at that. If you find these classes hard then you did not make a very wise choice when picking a major. They tell you all this information up front, it is up to you to pay attention and make smart decisions about your life and what you choose to do with it. Stop trying to pass the buck and blame someone else for your misfortune. You have the abilitly to fix these problems. If your grads are so bad, then study more. If you are having problems with housing, go speak with the right people. Jesus man, take some action in your own life for one, don’t just wait for others to come along and decide your fate for you. Hey, this is just my two cents, but at least it comes from someone who knows all about where you are.