College

[mya]

I agree with AG, having a Degree will not make you happy.

You can earn life without it, by having a specializated trade.

Yes, people with degrees earn more money, but they also have less time to spend it. So chose you path carefully, you do not wish to take a degree in something you end up hating.

That being said, i took 8 years to finish my 5 years Degree.

Nothing to do with muding. Just a hard degree and bad companies.

So that you know how bad it was, only around 20% of the people who enrolled in my year finished the degree. After six years there, most of my friends had droped out, so i found new friends that amazingly studied hard, and i stopped failing classes.

It took me 4 years just to appear on my Analytic Mathematic finals (test), a subject of Year 1. Not because i was bad at Math, but because i never went to classes.

In case you are wondering, University is free where i live.

[Twinblades713]

In case you are wondering, University is free where i live.

Which is......

go!

[Mudder]

Mya, where do you live?

[WarriorCleric]

I agree with AG, having a Degree will not make you happy.

You can earn life without it, by having a specializated trade.

With a specialized trade you are severely limiting your work options. Which is not a bad thing, per se. If you really want to do a specialized trade, and you know that you want to, it's certainly a viable option. But if you have found yourself in University, and you hate what you're doing and just want to quit because you thought it was going to be one way and it failed to live up, do not delude yourself into thinking that a specialized trade is the ticket. You've just specialized, you're not going to be able to change your career very much.

With most four year degrees, you aren't so heavily specialized, and you have a wide range of options available to you with almost every degree. (Sure, some are very specific, but those are for people who know what they want to do.) I know that when I started looking for work I had many fields open to go me (Thanks to a heavy math focus), I ended up in a career that hardly uses anything I learned from my focus, but does use a lot of my general education reqs. Still, you aren't as specialized, so you are fighting against people with lots of specialized experience when you start off, so you might not find your dream job for a little while.

College isn't for everyone, but it's easy enough to go and get a 2 year degree, even part time, and feel **** out. If you hate your school, go somewhere else, there are so many schools that I am certain you will find one you like. Specialized trades are not only good work, they are work that people need to do, but I don't think if you hate college that it immediately makes specialized trades the one you'll love. In fact, I am willing to put money down that most people without a college degree do not have a specialized trade.

WC

[Iusedtobesomebody]

Once you leave college, with the "understanding" you will go back someday, you are done. Finished. There is a HIGH probability you will never return, as real life overtakes you. Rent, mortgages, utilities all need paid. No one can live at home forever. Take it from someone who thought a year off would 'help me figure it out'. It doesn't work. That was 12 years ago. You need money to go to school, a job to earn money, and time for a job means no school. A vicious circle it becomes. Stick it out while you are young. Get your degree, ANY degree you even kinda like. Study hard, and actually LEARN what you are being taught, and not just regurgitate it on command.

Trust me on this. I punch myself in the forehead every morning because I didn't finish. I have a decent job, which pays what I need it to, but damn... I could be making SO much more. Stay.