Dropping Out Of College

[Winchester]

[quote name='Hassan' date='28 September 2009 - 01:04 AM' timestamp='1254114271' post='1973593']
You won't be doing much "living" working at BurgerKing.
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Again with the pretending degrees get you a paycheck. It depends on the degree and effort and luck.

[Skinzo]

Also remember how BAD the economy is right now. You might be lucky to find even something like a fast food job, let alone anything else. Can't say job market will be better when you graduate, but at least you could have a good shot at working overseas teaching English.

S.

[StColette]

If you're interested at all in teaching, Louisiana is in dire need of teachers for all grades. We're having to bring in teachers from overseas to teach here because no one will teach because pay is better elsewhere. English, Science, and Math are the areas that are in the most need for teachers.

[Lilllabettt]

I dropped out 3/4 of the way through. My mother said I'd regret it. I should have listened to my mother.

Now I'm back at age 24, trying to make the parts of my brain that have atrophied start working again. It's hard to be surrounded by teenagers, and others who are super-psyched that they have finally reached legal drinking age.

Don't be a quitter.

[Theologian in Training]

Kind of a good metaphor for the Christian life, sometimes we have to do things we don't like, that we don't want to do, but do them for a "higher purpose." The higher purpose in this sense, however, is not the degree, but the sense of accomplishment. If you quit to prove something to yourself, you are only proving that quitting is the easier option. The fight, as you know, is what makes us stronger, not the laying down.

[StColette]

[quote name='Theologian in Training' date='28 September 2009 - 11:53 AM' timestamp='1254153236' post='1973701']
Kind of a good metaphor for the Christian life, sometimes we have to do things we don't like, that we don't want to do, but do them for a "higher purpose." The higher purpose in this sense, however, is not the degree, but the sense of accomplishment. If you quit to prove something to yourself, you are only proving that quitting is the easier option. The fight, as you know, is what makes us stronger, not the laying down.
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Very wise words, Father. I'm forwarding it to someone I know that is really in need of hearing these words!

[HisChildForever]

Don't drop out. Here's a few ideas of what you can do:

- Finish this semester
- Take next semester off
- Take summer classes
- Graduate next fall

*Or*

- Finish this semester
- Take 2 classes next semester
- Take 1 summer class
- Graduate next fall

This way you finish your degree but you also have lots of time to yourself.

[Apotheoun]

[quote name='Lilllabettt' date='28 September 2009 - 09:40 AM' timestamp='1254152452' post='1973697']
I dropped out 3/4 of the way through. My mother said I'd regret it. I should have listened to my mother.

Now I'm back at age 24, trying to make the parts of my brain that have atrophied start working again. It's hard to be surrounded by teenagers, and others who are super-psyched that they have finally reached legal drinking age.

Don't be a quitter.
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I did the same thing . . . only I was 36 when I returned to school.

[Winchester]

[quote name='Apotheoun' date='28 September 2009 - 12:18 PM' timestamp='1254154731' post='1973708']
I did the same thing . . . only I was 36 when I returned to school.
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OLD!

[Era Might]

I spoke with my professor friend. He gave me sage advice, as I expected he would. He didn't really give me "advice" as such, but he tried to raise some questions I should be asking. One thing he told me was that I could only make a decision for right now. I can't see into the future and decide what will be the best decision for the future, because I have no idea what is going to happen in the future. In other words, I should be asking what is the best decision right now. Anyway, I'm still mulling over my options.

[StColette]

Not sure if this has been pointed out or not, but keep in mind that if you withdraw from the program your currently in and wish to pick it up again later then you may be required to take additional classes that you weren't previously required to take. The curriculum for your degree may change. Currently your enrollment in your degree program acts as a contract, so that if they changed the program while you were still enrolled in it, you would be grandfathered in and not required to meet the new requirements. However, if you remove yourself from the program and the program changes you will be required to take any of the additional courses that have been added on. So in the longer run you might find yourself taking more than what you have remaining if you withdraw from the program. As Terra Firma (I believe it was) said if you do decide to withdraw make sure you know how long your degree credits are good for so that you know how long you have to return to your degree without having to start all over.

[Secuutus]

Dude I'm right there with you Era. I guess you have to find a reason. My reason is because I want to be a lawyer to eventualy become a Judge Advocate for the Marines. I think you should do what makes you happy bro.

Also if you get a place, make sue to add a TV to that cot, because then how are you going to wtach the YANKEES DESTROY THE RED SOX?????[img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/lol.gif[/img]