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Originally posted by stren you and me both, I guess we need a reality check

Nah, the rest of the world is just afraid of living on their own.

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Originally posted by Masonious you win again dude - and nice move shoving the whole i figured out how to order pizza thing in my face. i tried that 4 and a half months ago and woke up with a Taiwanese transvestite but to Ygrene it's just, "anoother day in the life, noooo biggieee".

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Financially secure > happy

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Originally posted by stren you and me both, I guess we need a reality check

no! i'm so stubborn about this, but i never want to lose this mentality. yes, being able to afford food, rent, normal expenses are necessary...but when all the young kids in school said "when i grow up i wanna be rich", i rolled my eyes at them and said just as long as i'm happy i'm ok. who the fuck cares, the best times in my life so far have cost me NOTHING. money is merely paper...it can open a lot of doors, but it never will cloud my mind or run my movtives.

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Caela, focus on school, get good grades, and choose to be happy. At the end of 4 years, you'll have a degree, you can go to graduate school BECAUSE you got good grades (if you want), and since you chose to be happy when you made this decision, you'll be even happier when you graduate because now you can ask for and will get MORE money. And yes, money doesn't buy happiness but it enables you to be comfortable and do lots of cool stuff which will make you more happy!

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Originally posted by Echo of Silence Caela, focus on school, get good grades, and choose to be happy. At the end of 4 years, you'll have a degree, you can go to graduate school BECAUSE you got good grades (if you want), and since you chose to be happy when you made this decision, you'll be even happier when you graduate because now you can ask for and will get MORE money. And yes, money doesn't buy happiness but it enables you to be comfortable and do lots of cool stuff which will make you more happy!

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have some patience, go to school and get a degree, then do whatever you want. i have the same mentality about money as you...but...being in debt is no fun at all. no fun at all...none.

so if your parents are spending money for you to go to school, then take advantage of it.

i'm sure what you're feeling is common thing, as i feel the same way.

just wait, and in time things will work out.

school might not look like the fun thing to do right now, but in the end its all worth it

have your parents pay for it. then move after four years. or move after two years (your associate's degree). don't you guys have a guaranteed transfer program over there?

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Originally posted by Omega_Blue don't you guys have a guaranteed transfer program over there?

sounds cool

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Originally posted by Caela sounds cool

pretty much if you maintain a C average over here you can get into any school in wisconsin (with the exception of UW-madison). i thought every U system had this

First figure out what u wanna do, cause if not school can be a big waste of time & money.

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Originally posted by jonSun First figure out what u wanna do, cause if not school can be a big waste of time & money.

yesssss...i know. i just wanna take some time off until i know what i wanan do, and am serious enough to stay focused.

speaking of which...drinking wine when you're just getting over a cold = or

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Originally posted by Caela yesssss...i know. i just wanna take some time off until i know what i wanan do, and am serious enough to stay focused.

I completely understand what you mean here, in fact it's what I'm doing right now. I got my general credits done, and decided to take some 'time' off until I could find what I wanted to major in. I justified it thinking that I'm wasting money if I end up spending it on a major I can't stand. Problem is, I'm now nearly 2 years down the line into this time off and to be honest I really don't see myself finding what I want to do anytime soon. If you take time off I'm sure you'll (like myself) work full time, which at least for me doesn't lend itself too well to finding what I want to do as you tend to get so involved in the day to day grind. Unfortunately we don't all know what we want to do when we graduate high school; for myself, I think the best way to find what you actually want to do would be to take a few different courses that interest you (even just somewhat) and see how they work out after a semester. You never know, something that only mildly interests you could end up being something you enjoy doing for the rest of your life.

Luckily through a friend I got into a good company and worked my way into a job that I actually enjoy (and pays well for a non college grad), but no matter how great this job looks on a resume the facts are if/when I leave I'm much less likely to get a job w/o a degree, even if it's one that is completely non applicable to the field you're working in. Because of that I'm seriously looking at going back to school in the next year or so, taking a few courses and seeing how they work out.

I really can't tell you which option to chose as I can't really decide myself, however I can say for sure if you do take more time off and end up paying your own tuition you will make it quite a bit harder on yourself in the years to come than if you just stick it out. Looking back on what I chose I can now say sure, it's 4 years you're not the happiest, but finishing those 4 years will benefit you for the rest of your life in terms of your career.

Whatever you choose, good luck with it; hopefully it works out for you.

Last edited by farley on Dec-24-2006 at 01:52