Problems with school

LegacyUser

Hi!

I feel like I need to get this off my chest and get some advise so if anoyne could help me that would be great!

I'm having problems with school. Not being bullied or anything and the school itself is great but I just feel totally fed up with it. I've been feeling this for the past year or so. I just feel like I want to be done and out of there. I'm in 6th year and not bothered about the leaving at all. I know that I'm probably not going to go to college so I don't see the point in the LC. I know the LC isn't going to be the be all and end all of my life, I always have other options and to be honest there's only 2 college courses I actually have an interest in. I could always do a PLC course down the line, and go into college as a mature student and I know people will say that's mad as I should take the opportunity now but I really don't think college or education is for me anymore. I don't necessarily want to drop out of school, as I would like to have the LC done but I really need motiviation or just something to get me through the end of the year and I have absolutely none of that. I'm in no way in a bad circumstance, I have my own car, part-time job and paying for my own insurance. I just feel done with school, I don't think I can take anymore. I've skipped school the past few days because I really can't face going back after mid-term.

I just feel so confused and fed up. Any advice much appreciated!!

astra2000

Hi op sounds like youve out grown school and want your independance. I understand that it is hard but trust me if you decide to stick with it and do your best you will never regret it however and I speak from experience if you just waste the last year coasting by you will regret that. It will be a lot easier to do your leaving now than at anytime in the future. You may not have any particular career desires now but, should you have them in the future it will be a lot easier to pursue them with a good leaving cert. Best of luck

LegacyUser

All you need do is read the papers, listen to the radio. The dole queue is ridiculous, the jobs market a joke. If you drop out now, where ya gonna go? What ya gonna do? What's your backup? With tonnes of people as/more educated than you as competition, here& abroad? The LC gives you some bit of a launchpad, one box ticked.
However hard it is to get motivated now, it's nigh on impossible as a twenty or thirty something-year old. I always thought my life would "start" once I left formal education (at 24), little did I realise that time would be the best opportunity for socialising. Noone I know regrets doing their LC, lots of people I know who DIDN'T do it, do regret not.

claireeney

If you stuck at it and did the best you could in your leaving cert then you can kick back for a few months and think. A year is a long time when all you have to do is think. come the end of that year you may long to go to college knowing what you want to do and without your leaving cert you may not be able to do anything about it.

So get your leaving cert, even if you do badly you could re-sit just the subjects you need without having to do the whole year again. you will never regret it. and things might pick up in there, you sound bored with it and i understand it can get very tedious.

What are the college courses you mentioned that you might be interested in?

dan_d

Ah OP, stick with it. You've got this far. What's the point in giving up now??

All those years would be totally wasted.

Unfortunately I'm going to echo other posters here. Just think about this for a minute. You've got a part time job, which is great and a car. But what happens in a couple of years when you want to move out, maybe rent or buy a house? Will your job give you enough money to live where you'd like to and run the car? What happens if you want to go on holiday? Bear in mind that rent is about 200-600 eur a month - that's very average, depending on where you live - plus ESB, Gas, TV, internet, phone bills. Will you be able to afford to go for a few drinks?

I know you'll have been through school and everything, but when you go job hunting, employers want to see what you've achieved. They want to see people who can start something, stick it out, and achieve a result. If you got this far, go on and get your LC, and you can do whatever you want next year.And at least you'll have your LC. It'll give you options. Something you won't have if you don't do it.

I know how you feel, because I felt the exact same way in 6th year. didn't see the point, in my case I just wanted out and felt I could just do it myself without having to listen to teachers all day long. You're literally nearing the end, and I know it sucks. But give yourself your best chance and stick it out. After Christmas (sometimes even before), teachers tend to let you alone on the basis that you're adults now and you can probably manage your own studying.

My little sister was saying the exact same things as you last year. But she did stick at it (very reluctantly) and she's done now. It's only 8 months. Not even 8 full months, and the 8th month is the exams themselves. It will fly by, it's nearly Christmas now (half way point).

Stick with it OP, it's your life. Give yourself the best chance possible. Take a bit of a break at weekends, go out with your friends. But see it through and then you're free.

And of course, we're always here when you're fed up!!:D Or if you haven't already, try the LC forum (under education).Lot's of people feeling how you feel over there.