but, my situation is not like all yours...
I'm French, and college and university are almost free ! just the scholarship fees (400$) at the beginning of the school year ! but you have private schools that are expensive too...but not everybody goes at them ! The question has also been popped out in France. But dropping out college didn't stop me from learning knowledge ! if you want the information, get the information ! And when i discuss with some educated people i meet, they're often surprised of my "school" luggage ! In my defense, i read a lot, i'm crazy about knowledge ! the more the merrier ! And for now, im still in france lol ! My idea is that love has no eyes ! Don't forget we're all human beings, education is mostly for work, but work isnt everything !! When you think of happiness, it's all these moments with the one you love and enjoy lifetime that we remember!!laughs, crying, parties, birthdays, birth, death, love, hate, etc...that's life !! So i think when you're focused on the other one's education, career [...] it's not loving the one for who he/she is, but for what he/she is ! |
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^^this is so well put wux! I didn't go to college strait out of high school either JJ, although my parents & advisors told me I should! I worked, & worked, & worked...always becoming the best at whatever job, but never being satisfied with any of them. I did all sorts of things. As a CNA people thought I should go to nursing school, which would have been the smartest choice if I were only interested in making money! I absolutely loathe taking care of sick people! I even worked for MHMR to get away from the hospital & home health scene...crazy people are worse & the last group home I worked in one of the residents had a nasty habit of putting women in the hospital. At the age of 25 and still unhappy with my job...I decided to go to college and figure out what could keep me interested. I always had a drive to help animals so once I got into the biology program...I naturally ended up going the pre-vet track. Eventually, started working in labs as a student worker to help make money. I enjoy lab work...there is absolutely nothing I loathe about it! When faced with what to do after my bachelors...must do something because a BS in Biology doesn't exactly have the best job market & I had decided against vet school...grad school was the wisest choice being that I liked the lab work. I also have always desired to study diseases and figure out how to help make vaccines, or breed animals with natural resistance...so here I am! Most PhD track people I know are not in this to make money...because many Master level people will actually make more! We do it because we love science & love to figure things out! Yes I will make considerably more money than being a CNA or MHMR assistant, but there are many routes to take from there that can lead to better financial success. I just want a job that doesn't bore me to death & that will challenge my intellect and intuition! What you're saying is very interesting...it shows that what matters is doing what you really wanna do !! we're linving in countries where ywe are told and taught to be like this, like that, etc... NO matter you're doing studies till you're making a living on something that's important for you, a passion, a vocation, anything... When you want to be smart, you can !! i think now, thanks to technology, everybody can have access to knowledge...and being educated doesn't mean being smart or intelligent! On a another side, we can't all go to college because we need so many different careers to make the world goes round... For my part, i dropped out college because it wasn't exciting...the same stupid s*** i was learning in high school but in another language...WTH !!! |
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