Have you ever had the urge to just say 'Check, please' on the college experience?

[leravenn]

I feel like I'm going insane... so tomorrow Andrew's coming over in the morning, and I'm going to go find a counselor or something. I have this horrible urge to just drop all my classes, or all but one or two. That urge also stretches to withdrawing from college altogether and doing... I don't know what. I really don't know if I can do full time. I

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[xayeidemon]

I get like that about school. But then I think about that fact that I don't want to be poor in the future. What's going on now is only temporary. It ain't permanent. Besides, we're already half way through. I wouldn't just give up at this point. Hopefully the counselor can give you the motivation you need.

I hope you get this worked out. You're gonna need a college degree sooner or later. :(

[leravenn]

Hm. But you have to recall the fact that my mother whacked out at college halfway through her junior year, and hasn't been the same since. I'm not going to leave myself here to mentally unbuckle if I think there's preferable alternatives. Yeah, I don't wanna be poor either. But a bachelor's degree doesn't even offer much of an edge anymore... you have to go for a master's or even go to tech school if you want to be competitive in the conventional job market. I am not halfway through, and neither are you. What I'm talking about isn't giving up, it's redirecting my focus to something I actually want to do-- and am able to do. I've determined two routes I can take at this moment, and neither one's that appealing. There's too many idiotic obstacles... I hate the US.

[xayeidemon]

Of course we're halfway through. At least after this semester, and I don't anticipate anything standing in the way of my credits.

Just because your mom didn't finish college doesn't mean you won't. But I guess college isn't for anyone. I can see how the Bohemian life would be appealing right long in now. Like I said, though, maybe the couselor can give you the proper motivation. Help you find another major somewhere else...your niche...

I'm no help. I go away now.

[leravenn]

Awww-- *chases Mokes with a butcher knife and demands hugs* At least you're trying. Eh. I dunno. I'm not so worried about finishing/not finishing college as going nuts or trapping myself in a career I hate.

I don't want to be a hippie or anything, but I'd like to do my own business my own way... or at least be able to inject my own creative force into whatever I do. If I still do the English major, maybe I wouldn't mind an editing job. I don't see writing for a career though. God dammit I have a headache now...

[xayeidemon]

*flees from the knife* :P

I think everyone worries about being stuck in a job/career they'll hate. That's normal. I guess all you can do is go on your gut instinct. Sometimes I wonder if I should become a biology major instead of a psych major...

[xayeidemon]

PS: I <3 Miroku.

[leravenn]

That's niiiiice. I bet you wouldn't like him if he stuck the gaping black hole in his hand over your FACE. :P