Wednesday, November 05, 2003
so i've been wondering if i should even continue going to the University. for many, many reasons. mostly, i feel like i just don't belong in a classroom. i don't think i've ever been able to keep myself interested in a given class for more than a few weeks, let alone dedicate all of my free time to essays and homework and other idiotic things for these classes. just taking one class can be an excruciating bore for me, and the prospect of taking years upon years of these classes just for a dumb bachelor's degree is not something that has ever excited me.
also, i think that i've sort of grown up under the myth that you're a burden on society if you don't have a college degree or are in the process of acquiring one. i guess this is a mindset i've been in since high school, and i'd rather like out.
it all depends on whether you are comfortable with working a lower-wage, less secure job than you might get if you had a degree or two. personally, as a person of relatively few materialistic desires, i would rather work a modest job, collecting money to survive and go out every once in a while and perhaps start a guitar collection, than spend four to ten years of my young life writing pointless essays to earn an "instant salary certificate" from an institution of higher learning.
anyway, there's a lot more feeding into this issue, but i'm not in a typing mood right now.
also, i think that i've sort of grown up under the myth that you're a burden on society if you don't have a college degree or are in the process of acquiring one. i guess this is a mindset i've been in since high school, and i'd rather like out.
it all depends on whether you are comfortable with working a lower-wage, less secure job than you might get if you had a degree or two. personally, as a person of relatively few materialistic desires, i would rather work a modest job, collecting money to survive and go out every once in a while and perhaps start a guitar collection, than spend four to ten years of my young life writing pointless essays to earn an "instant salary certificate" from an institution of higher learning.
anyway, there's a lot more feeding into this issue, but i'm not in a typing mood right now.
