lets talk about....

I went to uni because I was expected too, dropped out after a year with about £3500 in debts, big waste of time.

 

it is! I got into a great art college and went for a year,quit. went back. quit. I never did anything in there! it sucked all of my creativity and I just didn't want to be there. I wanted to be wild and freeso I'm doing it on my own now and am doing soo much betterI make art everyday. just had an exhibition last week and have another in a couple months. I think doing it on my own drove me to work harder

 

I went to a small community college for one year and enjoyed it, but had to stop going to that particular school for certain reasons then moved and haven't gone back to school, hopefully soon I will start an online college.

School isn't for everyone, just need to find out what makes you happy, people are too concerned with getting an education to get a "good" job which really means they just want to make a lot of money, but doing what you love is always the best.

 

i have been that way too... i didn't go to college this semester and now i'm getting a lot of music written AND getting to travel!! wild and freeeee

 

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I think school is a wonderful thing. Knowledge is power. Originally I was an art education major but art classes drained me completely! There is too much structure. I cant create on demand. Ive never been that type of artist. I can only create art or music when personally inspired...usually by heartache unfortunatley and usually after a couple of drinks! The first art class I took, we had to produce like 12 drawings a week using different styles and OMG I was becoming a raving alcholic! It was bad. So then I switched my major to nursing...but after witnessing my first death I knew I wasnt cut out for that nor did I want to be held responsible for peoples lives! So....I wound up doing psychology. I dont do it for the money....I do it beacuse I want to help people and gain a better understanding of all walks of life, including myself. Online school is amazing. I would reccomend it to any and all adults. Its really the way to go.

 

mandi i totaly love ya i never really went through the whole school thing so ofcourse still got a ton to learn too but yea psychology, the human mind emotional states these are passions of mine too and like yiou i couldnt ever see myself taking money for just making ppl happy and healthy
its frustrating at tikes and fascinating too when u discover something new and have to work out a new solution to an unknown problemj and it never fails to asnmaze me just how much people alow theyre thoughts to run theyre lives, or how deeply a single negative comment can cut to the core of theyre being and drive em over the edge or reinforce extreme negative viesws of themselves
i even knew 1 person who loiteraly could not put the letter n next to the letter o that word was beatten out of her vocabulary to the pint where it took 6 months intence work to get her to say no for the 1st time in 30+ years
i know the minds flexible and easily heals itself but some wounds just are so resisteant to healling they constantly gouge at the wound preventing healling..and it can be so damn hard to make progreess that way
im just glad u do what u do

 

ahh yes knowledge IS power. but everyone learns differently, and everyone is different. i went to an excellent private high school but can't seem to find the right college for me. if i find it, i will definitely go. but right now, i am incredibly happy reading the anthropology, philosophy, and science that interests me and writing my music! fortunately i am good at self-educating. i love the internet and books. but eventually i may return to uni and get a degree in anthropology or something along those lines

 

I've been to uni and got a degree, im about £7000 in debt still, couldnt get a job for a year, so re-trained as an electrician, I completed my training, then the credit crunch over here happened, and the workload reduced so I got out whilst the going was good, and now im at a gas emissions analysis company, as a calibration technician....


Life takes you on a funny old path sometimes, and even if you do go to uni its no guarantee you will get what you want at the end. My expectations just became the need for a stable steady job that paid the bills.

oh and the not finding a job part was before i had dreads, so it wasnt the standard possible hair prejudice lol

 

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Man you're only 25 and already have a degree and trained as an electrician. Respect! If you don't mind me asking what did you do you're degree in? Shame about being that much in debt though...

 

my sisters 27 and has 2 degrees

im 20 and just about have 2 a-levels. aaaaaaaaaahaha.

 

I'm 23 and just about to start uni. Put it off for the last 6 years travelling the world and wouldnt change a thing.

 

Single sister with degrees in mechanical and electrical engineering?

 

Sounds a little like me, I started studying again when I was hmm, about 24 :cheers2:

 

archaeology, actually. haha

 

indiana! woohoo

 

she'd sooooooo hate you for saying that!

 

hahahahaha, you mean it wouldn't be the first time she's heard it?

 

hahaha, understatement!

 

thanks

I did my degree in computing, looking back i should of specialised in one area of computing, but at the time i liked the idea of a bit of everything.

I dont regret the debt thing, a student loan is possibly the best loan you ever get in your life, in terms of apr and all that shite, plus i dont earn enough to have to do the monthly repayments....yet lol.

 

see my sis did hers before the payback thing came in, so she had about £25,000 worth of debt, and shes still paying it off now


she also gets really angry at the fact that she has 2 degrees & a-levels, whereas my brother doesnt really have anything apart from gcses, yet hes getting paid twice as much as her (muahaha)