Dropouts?

[BustyTheClown]

Has anyone dropped out of school, at any level (I'm talking high school, college, post-grad, etc.)?

If so, why?

If not, why not?

What made you decide it was just too much?

What made you decide it was worth the effort?

 

[Allexus_TN]

Yes

I dropped out of college. I was just diagnosed as bi-polar, and stressed out. My doctors told my family that I had to choose one: school or my life. They felt continuing school at that point would kill me, either by my own hand or just the stress level I was under. The decision was easy. One day I will return.

 

[BustyTheClown]

Re: Yes

I dropped out of college. I was just diagnosed as bi-polar, and stressed out. My doctors told my family that I had to choose one: school or my life. They felt continuing school at that point would kill me, either by my own hand or just the stress level I was under. The decision was easy. One day I will return.

I'm sorry you had to make that choice, but I'm glad you plan on returning. What will you study?

 

[c.fey]

Dropped out of college after 2 1/2 years for ... love.
LOL

 

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[Allexus_TN]

I was in communications. Now I am interested in a 2 year program like respitory therapy assistant. Or perhaps occupational therapy assistant.

 

[BustyTheClown]

Dropped out of college after 2 1/2 years for ... love.
LOL

In all seriousness, that is not a bad reason... at least, not in my opinion. As long as you are happy with that choice, then any reason is a good reason.

I probably don't have to do this, but I just want to make clear that I'm not here to judge, I am honestly curious about people's reasons for deciding not to further their education. Or, about their reasons for not wanting to, but sticking with it.

Me, I'm still looking for my answer (to the second situation). "I'll make more money if I stay" just doesn't cut it for me right now. That's not what's most important to me.

 

[lobito]

Nope, never dropped out of school.

Why not? Well first of all, I wanted to finish high school, and I wanted to go to college.

Getting my university degree had nothing to do with the fact that I went to school for free, because my Mom was a teacher there. But everything to do wtih the fact that getting my university degree meant I'd get a better job, (at the time - mid 80's). Also even having a high school diploma at that time actually meant something.

 

[Monazwx]

Still holdin' on

I'm in college still, but I've thought alot about quitting. I transferred from my old college because it was crappy, now the college I'm at is fast-paced and I'm barely keeping up. But I'm too close to getting the degree to walk away now.

I hope it's worth it in the end.
I'll just have to wait it out and see.

 

[glamorilla]

What do you guys post bullitens or something?

I'm a high school droput...11th grade.


Npotice the typos.

 

[pondman]

Droped out

Quit in my freshmen year in High School. To many drugs and I couldn't stand the people I was in school with. Then I got my GED and now Ihave my ADS RN, and plan on getting my BSN.

 

[Sillyman]

"The best years of your life will be in high school"

Suck my dick.

I dropped out in 11th grade when it looked like I would have to repeat a grade for excessive absence. I was not taking another year of that horseshit. I was ready to deal with some adults so I got my GED and now I'm in a third rate college. I didn't dropout becuase the material was too hard either. More along the lines of it being redundant and stultifying.

I'm sad I never got to go to my prom. On the other hand, I probably would not have had a date and danced by myself for an hour before calling my mom to pick me up and let me jack off and cry myself to sleep. Fuck High School.

I go to college now and I have no plans to drop out except in the unlikely event of developing terminal cancer.

 

[MechaBlade]

"The best years of your life will be in high school"

Suck my dick.

....Fuck High School.

Yes, fuck High school. And fuck college harder. In high school, the kids were pricks, but the teachers cared, even if a few sucked.

Now the people are pretty nice, but the employees at the university couldn't give a rat's ass about you.

"Higher education" is a piece of shit and I hate every damn day here. But I need a degree to get a good job.

Luckily, I did go to prom. That was a happy thing.

 

[Cheyenne]

No, I didn' t drop out. Never crossed my mind as being an option. I had a goal when I went to school- a degree and a good job. I met my goal.

 

[Sateema Lunasi]

"Higher education" is a piece of shit and I hate every damn day here. But I need a degree to get a good job."


That depends on what you want to be. Lawyer, yes. Doctor, yes. Want to work in computer programming, fuck college. My best friend is a high level recruiter for software companies. Most won't hire anyone with a "degree" in programming. That basically means you are at LEAST two years behind where you should be in the industry. The best way to get into computer programming is to simply get some software and practice. I know so many people friends that are getting out of college now with degrees in programming and they cannot get hired anywhere. But my neighbor's 19 year old hacker niece just got hired for Microsoft, and another friend who dropped out of high school got hired last year at Soft Velocity.

 

[Sillyman]

That's why I'm going for accountancy. It's a nice steady field that hasn't really changed that much since the monks invented it.

 

[MechaBlade]

I'm going to ignore that and study for Discrete math now.

 

[glamorilla]

"The best years of your life will be in high school"

Suck my dick.

I dropped out in 11th grade when it looked like I would have to repeat a grade for excessive absence. I was not taking another year of that horseshit. I was ready to deal with some adults so I got my GED and now I'm in a third rate college. I didn't dropout becuase the material was too hard either. More along the lines of it being redundant and stultifying.

I'm sad I never got to go to my prom. On the other hand, I probably would not have had a date and danced by myself for an hour before calling my mom to pick me up and let me jack off and cry myself to sleep. Fuck High School.

I go to college now and I have no plans to drop out except in the unlikely event of developing terminal cancer.

Storytime with Glamorilla

Well lets not hope for terminal cancer and go the completing your education route. I'm very impressed...in fact with everybody here. I know people who have Oxford and ivy league educations and i wouldn't trust them to tie my shoes. I do believe in a common sense/life experience vs MOST education.

Sometimes i wonder how my life would have turned out had I done things "the right way" and i don't think thats an alternative I'd want to take. I do allright...but I'm also one of the lucky ones to have been gifted with...without sounding like a jerk...a "spark"...as I grew and my sexuality came into play i went through pretty much every gay cliche hate crime you can think of...from individual acts of violence to an entire group of "friends" messing me up toseeing my parents house and fcar get vandalized to having my parents basically kick me out of the house.

These are what i make for a living...I just know how. there was no need for me to go to design school.I went from being a high school dropout working as a busboy in a dance club to working in the Couture with very little effort.

I've worked for a couple of big design houses, and in between jobs i do whatever it takes to pay the rent and i freelance out of my apartment. I'm trying to get it together enough to open my own little shop and I'm sooo close but events of the past few weeks have seriously thrown things off course...things are a little complicated right now (he says mysteriously)not bad...just "on hold" but things'll work out...they always do for me.

This piece is a couple of years old i did it as i was working as an for a design house called the diamond collection.

my designer name is "Saint george".

i have no problem sharing this information here...however please excersice discretion. (most fashion designers are scumbags anyway...hanging out on a sex message board is nothing especially when theres next to no chance of me getting any here)

But i like you guys...I had fun this afternoon and i really needed it.

Good luck continuing on with the educations and careers and make lots of money and show the world what you're made of.

 

[glamorilla]

This piece is not a professional shot...it was used for an in-house production book to give the production department a visual referance...it was the first sample hence the beat up look!

 

[perks]

dropped out of art college after 2 years, but went to culinary school immediately after and degreed there.

 

[WhiteRose]

First time in college, I dropped out after the 2nd semester of my junior year because I came down with pneumonia in the beginning of the semester and missed 5 weeks of school...and had to drop all but 1 course that semester (it was a self-paced german class, so I was able to squeeze it all in), and because I'd been in school for 8 semesters straight (including summers), and I was just worn out...probably why I caught pneumonia.

Worked for about 8 years after that, then went back to school, starting all over with a new major (this time paying for it myself and getting a LOT better grades than the first time), and am still working toward the bachelor's degree, lots of scheduling problems when you have to work full time at the same time and you're down to just a few courses left, and they're offered at weird times during the day. I picked up an AA along the way, but I've had enough credit hours to get a bachelor's, master's, and PhD I took some classes I didn't need just because I was interested in the subject. Someday, I may actually finish...but at the moment I have senior standing with a 3.85 GPA.

 

[glamorilla]

Now see i think that takes so much guts...I'd actually be terrified i think...that or i'd end up just kicking everybody out of my way

Awesome...


and duckie...I just know you've got it.

 

[Samuari]

Guilty

I dropped out of college with 117 hours. I was offered an excellent job with a very good company and I wanted to get married...

It has cost me and my family tens of thousands of dollars, not to mention the frustration of working for folks that are not as smart as I am. If you are in school stay there and finsh a degree, any degree. It is very dificult to get back. I've tried 3 times and still haven't been able to finish. Now it is getting to be point thatI'll prolly not try for a degree, but just to learn the things that I don't know, but want to.

 

[Sillyman]

Those are very lovely dresses glam. I wish I had that kind of talent, I really do.

I'm so glad this thread hasn't devolved into a bunch taunts at what stupid losers we are for dropping out. It's nice to see something fairly reassuring about my future for once instead of diatribes about how my life is permanently fucked now.

 

[Cheyenne]

That's why I'm going for accountancy. It's a nice steady field that hasn't really changed that much since the monks invented it.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!


God, I hope you were joking about the change part...