Education and you!

[Exia91]

As for the original point? I think a lot of uni courses are pointless. You spend a lot of money to get through it for no reward. Sure, if you know what you're going to do afterwards, that is fine. If you know you're doing the course for your own reward and fun - there can be no qualms. But I do not think anyone should have what course they do chosen for them. I chose to do a course that pays out well because I wanted to - before I even ended up having a child. Thank God.

But at the end of the day, it is your choice. If you are immensely unhappy - don't do it. If you can't afford to do it - you don't have much choice. That person in the OP might have been funded by their parents. If they cut funds, they might have had no choice but to drop out. They can earn money and come back on their own two feet if they are that determined.

It all depends on what you believe your calling is.

I agree, plenty of things that could just be skipped. On the other hand, some of those pointless classes I don't mind. Others, I just can't find the motivation for.
Second paragraph in the quote, I'm 19 y/o, and I'm completely self-sufficient. I live on my own, and pay for Everything alone. From rent to tuition to food to partying and what not. This is not an attack on you in any way. Just taking away wrong assumptions about me.
Last line is probably one of the better lines to end the point you just made. Not a /thread though. I still wish to hear more from others!

Yes, I still have a life.

Hoarrah, I'm glad you do! To be completely honest - my life started at Uni. Best decision of my life!

If anyone did try to convince me otherwise, say my parents, I would not listen. Thank god I live in Sweden and education is for free so I do not have to depend on them for studying!

Goddammit. I'm taking on a job so I do not have to loan for Education. I wish I lived in Sweden.. *sigh* I'm glad you can leave your parents out of this unlike the Story in my OP. Takes strong will to go against them!

Whoever's footing the bill gets to decide. If you don't like it, make sure YOU'RE footing the bill.

If you want something, you make it happen. If nothing happens, that's exactly what you wanted. There are NO excuses.

Yes, That's exactly what i'm doing. I removed all possible connections to my parents, apart, ofcourse, soical interaction. But in no means i'm dependent on them anymore.
I like the bold bit. Interesting, made it up yourself or is it quoted?

 

[Julianking93]

I don't frequent these forums enough to know that about you. Yet you leave me astounded. Both your experiences on school, and the fact you're an autodidact. I hope you'll make it.

Thank you for that, I guess. Is being astounded to you a positive or a negative? >>

 

[Marter]

I will be going to some sort of post-secondary institution. Likely a film program, if I don't lose that desire by the end of this year, that is.

So, higher education, but not University? Could you Elaborate please? Where you from?

I think I'll be going to S.A.I.T. That stands for Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. Not an actual university, but more for the trades and arts.

 

[Caligulust]

I hope to attend a University.

Though, not because I have some deep desire to learn. Just for more money. In the end, all for material possessions. I hope to just find some field where I can apply myself and have a decent income. I mean, I'm not going to achieve something. There isn't anything I have a particular interest in. My parents haven't really said much about it.

 

[Naheal]

I'm a secondary teaching major with a math and foreign language emphasis. I'm currently learning Japanese and look to becoming part of the ISEP in order to further my language training.

 

[loc978]

Standardized education and I have always been at odds with one another. I rarely get a grade other than 100% or under 50% (I graduated high school with just over a 2.0 GPA, skating by on night school where I was given a pass for paying and showing up after work)... it all depends on subject matter. If every class simply taught you facts and then tested you on said facts, making the tests 100% of your grade, I'd be a 4.0 student. Unfortunately...

...anyway, as for college, I went to a tech school for a year and community college for a couple terms. I think I'm going to waste my GI bill and not go back, though. Honestly, I've learned more through independent study and experimentation than school ever taught me...

 

[Padwolf]

I am in my second year of uni now, studying Sociology with English Literature. It took me quite a few months to come to choose those subjects, at first I wanted Criminology with Journalism, but after a month, I figured Journalism was not for me, then I found that my Sociology course had a lot of Criminology in it. So I stuck with that, I have been studying Sociology since GCSE anyway, I have been studying it for nearly 6 years now. My parents never really pressured me, they always said that they would support my decision no matter what.

 

[Serenegoose]

I went to study business for 3 months before dropping out for Mental Health Reasons. I didn't want to study business, my parents simply insisted I had to go to uni and do SOMETHING. I'm no longer sure my life lies down that avenue, however, as I've recently become more engaged with creative projects. I miss being at university though - I never got into the societies or anything because I didn't have an opportunity, but the overall feel of being a student was a good one.

 

[tavelkyosoba]

Whoever's footing the bill gets to decide. If you don't like it, make sure YOU'RE footing the bill.

If you want something, you make it happen. If nothing happens, that's exactly what you wanted. There are NO excuses.

Yes, That's exactly what i'm doing. I removed all possible connections to my parents, apart, ofcourse, soical interaction. But in no means i'm dependent on them anymore.
I like the bold bit. Interesting, made it up yourself or is it quoted?

I suppose I made it up, but it's definitely a part of my life experience.

I go to school and see all the people who are making it happen despite some huge obstacles...Then I go to work a few hours later and see all the people who have resigned to making excuses until the day they die.

Not many people get to see both sides of the coin so intimately.

 

[Exia91]

I don't frequent these forums enough to know that about you. Yet you leave me astounded. Both your experiences on school, and the fact you're an autodidact. I hope you'll make it.

Thank you for that, I guess. Is being astounded to you a positive or a negative? >>

In Both ways actually. Positive and negative. Negatively because of your early childhood school experiences; positive because of your ability to teach yourself everything you need to know.