What to do after highschool

I'm looking for some advice on what to do after high school. I can't stay home. I live with a single mom who can not afford college. In simple terms she tries to control everything I do in my life. She listens to my phone conversations blah blah blah. enough of me bitching. I've been gruonded for the last 5 months because I got caught drinking and I don't think she will ever unground me while im living in her house. She wants me to stay home for another 2 years and go to community college. If I live here another 2 years I think I would go insane.

I could try to get loans for school. But that is an awful lot of money and my mother said she will no co sign any loans. Therefore I would have to find someone to do so which would be pretty difficult.

Any suggestions?

 

Find a full time job and begin saving
move out once you have enough
and if you want to, then go to school
you dont have to go to college right away

 

You'll qualify for all sorts of financial aid, and get a loan. Go to community college and schedule it around work so you can make enough money to pay it off.

 

get a job asap and start saving, if you havent already. go to a technical or community college, whatever you can afford, though ik its rough. try seeing if you can get some scholarships or loans. when theres a will theres a way (for the most part). then talk to some buddies and see if they dont have shit to do either or if theyre going to be going to a college around you or to the same place if you figure out you can go (assuming you have the grades and all) college. either way i'd talk to some friends and see what they're doing, and see if something can fall in to place.

 

In simple terms she tries to control everything I do in my life


that's what Moms do... ????

 

Your 18 and you've been grounded for 5 months? Sounds like mom needs to learn her baby's not a little boy anymore. I've been trying to figure out what to do with myself as well though. See if any of this sparks an interest for you.

My plan is to go to the Rainbow gathering this summer, hook up with some people there and travel. All i gotta do is keep working and saving up till the gathering and then go from there....ive been making a bunch of hemp bracelets, necklaces, and such just to make a little extra cash along the way. If that fails, once I'm out of money then ill either be settling down some place to find a job, or else coming back to my hometown....i hope thats not the case.

It's no easy to figure out what you wanna do right out of highschool, i've been out for a year now and I'm just now kinda getting a plan worked out. Good luck

 

Lots of good advice here. You can do college if you really want to. Take two or three classes at a time, if you have to. You can do them online, too. More and more colleges have online courses.

And there's nothing wrong with vocational schools. Do those have any interest for you?

Whatever you do, pick something that you really like and go for it.

As far as getting along with your mom is concerned ... you've got 18 years' worth of dynamic going on there. Neither of you is likely to change at this point, but until you move out you're gonna have to get along with her whether you like it or not. Just don't blame her for everything. You're an adult too ... whatever happens between the two of you is the responsibility of both of you.

 

Learn Chinese.. you'll be set

 

Smoke weed and play video games. Work at the local video store and become an expert on the sci-fi section and all new releases, so that when you're stoned with your buddies you can have great conversations about movies and video games.

 

this is the best suggestion, i'd say

 

Join the military and see the world.

There are many places to go, things to do, and opportunities abound.




Hotwater

 

He said 'son, have you seen the world?
What would you say, if I said that you could?
Just carry this gun; you'll even get paid.'
I said 'that sounds pretty good.'

 

fucking awesome song =)

 

I say tell your mom you will go to school, but also tell here your going to party no matter what she does. That might get here to be nice... or the opposite.

 

Very true.

 

... Always the same pre-programmed responses.

Kid, life is an adventure. I have been out of school for 8 years and there is not a year that goes by that I don't kick my ass for not having better research to marry adventure and work in one. There is opportunities out there like working on cruise lines, Amtrak or airlines, where you get to experience life and make some cash.

Don't let people sell you all this big bucks equals big smiles bullshit. Big houses, fast cars, swimming pools and all that jazz is not what your gonna be talking to friends about trust me. What your going to talking to people about in your future is accomplishments. Who you've seen, where you've been, the shit you've dealt with, how you dealt with it, the laughs, the cries the funnies, the bummers.

LIFE IS ABOUT PEOPLE. Cultures, beliefs, ideals. Do you're homework and figure out the best way to go about it to sustain yourself (survive) and just do it.

If you don't do it right out of HS you never will. As soon as you get in that working rut there is always something, either debt, or gfs, or family, or something to hold you back.

Anyways kid whatever you decide to do,
Take life with a grain of salt it's too short to get spazzed out and for godsake stay away from drugs and liquor bad crwods and bad parties. that shit will fry your brains and keep you from getting ahead.

good luck

 

im too lazy to see if anyone suggested this but you could get a job, get some money, go to technical school and be done with it from like 9-12 months and that would get you qualified for some decent careers and you could move out pretty quick. but if you want a college degree, yeah maybe some scholarships to pay partially while you apply for some loans. get community service hours, here in fl. having over 75 hours gets you a scholarship i think.

 

get a cdl.

 

Don't go to a college unless you can go without loans. Trust me.

Find a friend and move into an apartment in the nearest city. Preferably a trustworthy friend a few years older.

Don't bash community colleges, not saying you are, but a lot of people do. It is a good way to start for the first year or two and you can also keep a job to save money for a better state school during that time.

Seems like you need to get out of the house. Typical HS BS, but get out anyways.

 

do what ever the hell u can to stay out of debt.
becuase if thats your freedom man.
once u owe that money
you have to pay it back.

So you have to make the choice, am i willing to invest 60,000$ that i do not have (and probably have never have had in ur entire life) to get a job, to make that money back over the years. i mean if u want to do it its a good life investment.

but if ur not going to, if ur going to copout half way through school and be stuck in this giant loan of failer, its not worth it.

dont go to school inless its free or inless ull make it worth it.

All im going to do is give u a life tip that i found out is pretty useful after highschool:

Fungus grows easyly, and effortlessly.
and people love the effects.

;D