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Dropping out. Lost

  • 22-05-2011 10:37am
    #1
    LegacyUser
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    I'm thinking about dropping out of College. I'm almost finished the second year of mysecond course. I hate it, the thought that it's Sunday and I'll have to go to college tomorrow is making my stomach turn. It's not even a "useful" course. But I'm afraid of ruining my life, to be blunt.

    While I have no desire for a "good" job or to be wealthy I'm afraid that I won't be able to get any job at all. I have no plans to return to education for the time being, I'm pretty sure it's college that's not for me as opposed to my course. This is the second course I will have dropped out of and I'm terrified that maybe I just have commitment problems. I'm also aware of how badly two unfinished college courses will look on a CV.

    I have no skills or qualifications and very little experience. I don't have any references either (unless my school principle still counts and at 21 I doubt it).

    I'm determined to break away from my parents, they've been supporting me for to long and it upsets me. I don't even love my mother which make me feel terrible, especially since the only reason she can't stop working in a job she hates is to put me through college. I think they may disown me if I drop out but tbh if they do then I don't really think they deserve me in their life (I'd be willing to attempt to pay them back for all the money I wasted but that's not the point).

    I don't even know what sort or advice I'm looking for. There's just too much going on in my head and I have no one to talk to about it. All of my friends think I'm stupid but I can't waste another 2 years of my life doing things just because society deems them the norm. Besides I'm pretty sure I'm going to fail anyway. I don't know, does anyone have any advice? Been through the same thing? Thanks for reading anyway


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  • #2
    karen86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31 ✭karen86


    Hi iredono,

    I know you don't have plans to return to college if you drop out, but would you have the option to go back if you later choose to?

    21 is still quite young. And don't worry, many people who end up finishing college are still figuring out what they really want to do with their lives. Some may even end up in jobs completely unrelated to what they studied.

    Maybe you could take a year just working, while being independent of your parents at the same time and taking a break from education, and then see how you feel about your future regarding career from there?


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