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Should I go back to college and waste my time and money?
AndrE16686:
Go back to college, get yo qualifications up. Then get a better job, make more dough. 3 years aint shit. Im 3 years into a 6-year degree. Life is a continuous series of mistekes, its all about choosing the best mistakes to make.
TraceOneInfinite:
I have tonight to really think and decide.. so I'm reading all of your responses carefully, and appreciate everyone being sincere in this thread.
I'm going to reply individually to each response made so far.
TraceOneInfinite:
--- Quote from: Jrome Is Officially Voting for Ron Paul 2008! on May 29, 2007, 04:40:39 PM ---By the way you're talking it sounds like your mind is made up. If your attitude is that it is a waste of time and money, then no you shouldn't go. For me college was the greatest time in my life, so I'd recommend everyone do it. But I understand it's not for everybody, and if you walk into it thinking it is going to be a waste, then it will be.
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That's a good point. If I'm already looking at it as a waste, then my subcoscious could ultimately lead me to failure if I attend school.
TraceOneInfinite:
--- Quote from: 7even on May 29, 2007, 05:16:18 PM ---I feel you, man, I'm also wondering what the heck I'm doing there, lol.... fucked up shit. Working trash jobs just to go to college when it doesn't even pay off in the long run, it is sorta crazy. I guess I do it for social acceptance. If that is a non-issue to you in that regard, then yes, don't do it holmes.
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Yeah that's true about social acceptance. For some reason, everyone tells me to go to school, no matter who I ask. This forum, is the first time I've heard some people say I shouldn't go.
I hate the social acceptance thing that goes along with college. I mean, even when I'm at my job, all the people there from staff, to clients, to family of clients, they all ask me about school. And if I tell them I'm not going they make a long, long pause like I've just told them I'm an alien. Then they start telling me to do something like go into anesthisia(?) which is like 6 years of school, damn near close to being a doctor!!!!!
They never get it, I hate school, always have thought it was pointless. If you want to learn anything, you can learn it better outside of school where you can personalize your studies, rather then just learning it in the most general and boring way imaginable.
TraceOneInfinite:
--- Quote from: Allah Is Going To Kill Ron Paul In 2008! on May 29, 2007, 05:37:10 PM ---You don't really strike me as the type who'd get much out of it. The academic experience in college doesn't really matter much in the long run (other than maybe exposing you to stuff you'd like to either study more post-grad or pursue in a career), but the social experience and academic experience combined are what makes it such a great time for someone when they're young. Since you won't get much of the former (no drinking, no fucking, no endo, no athletics) and you're a Muslim anyway, not much to bother with.
Also, having an associate's degree means almost nothing in this day and age. Admittedly, a lot of people in health and medicine have one, but I doubt they're earning much more than someone without one (don't have stats, just going by people I know).
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Yeah, the social experience of college doesn't mean a whole lot to me. Yeah, it's possible I will meet people there and everything, but I don't feel like I should take classes and pay all that money just for the chance that I might meet people.
Associates degree might be nice, I guess, it would open a few doors for me, but not many.
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