Post A5ix5u33HKyLePQAim by kyupin1365@spinster.xyz
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(DIR) Post #A5ix5u33HKyLePQAim by kyupin1365@spinster.xyz
2021-03-30T02:07:26.348860Z
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I think im gonna drop out of school again and just try and get my GED. Fuck this is like the 3rd time ive dropped out now, but I have no motivation to be able to get enough classes done to graduate. A GED would be faster and kind of seems like my last option at this point, just cause I can tell I dont have the patience to keep trying to get these classes done for another 2+ years. Even if I could just get like 3 more done id be able to apply for a basic college program, but I just cant push myself to do it. My only dissapointment with myself over not graduating with a high school degree is the fact I really enjoy my english classes and I think they genuinley help me improve on my writing, and I really enjoy writing. Writing for me is vital I dont think I could live without it, and now ill be stuck at a 10th grade level of grammer and story telling. That and I feel like I fit a bit of a stereotype. My moms a drug addict I lived in and out of poverty my whole childhood and everyone told me to do better. I will do better, im just taking a different route i guess.
(DIR) Post #A5ix5uSZkROAvZMYVM by Lilitu@spinster.xyz
2021-03-30T02:11:46.777342Z
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@kyupin1365 That's totally alright and doesn't mean anything about you or your potential. Institutional schooling is insufferable for a lot of us. I dropped out of college because I got a good job without it and I saw no point in continuing when I found out so boring and unengaging.That doesn't change that I'm a life-long learner. I learn every day. I just don't like the structure of Western institutional school.Maybe you don't either. That's fine. Go the GED route, it saves you tons of time. Maybe consider a trade or something, a lot of them are more hands-on and engaging.
(DIR) Post #A5ix5unUUg7RyR9G6a by Linnas@spinster.xyz
2021-03-30T02:33:17.701539Z
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@kyupin1365 As @Lilitu said, do what is right for you personally. If you are not sure, try it out.I have had ten years of tertiary education. Only one other person who took classes with me is still in the field. The rest have wasted 4+ years of their lives.
(DIR) Post #A5ix5v7LIrzyy0R732 by Lilitu@spinster.xyz
2021-03-30T02:45:40.902741Z
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@Linnas @kyupin1365 Yup, same with most people I know. And it’s a needless problem.I think critiques can be made of how we structure schooling as a general thing, but even apart from that, we just push way too many people unto university.High schools get a better “rank” the more of their kids go to 4-year universities, so they promote this idea that you have to do it otherwise you’re lesser somehow. But the truth is, it’s just not for everyone, and it has nothing to do with how smart someone is.Some people just don’t like that kind of work. Their brains, bodies, interests, whatever, would just rather do something else than what’s offered in most 4-year universities, no matter how it’s structured.So we have all these kids who go through all that expense, time, and effort, only to realize as soon as they get out that they never even wanted this to begin with.It’s a shame. We need to stop ranking people by which career path they took and just let people do what works for them.If traditional schooling isn’t for you, do something else.