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Post by Halloween King on May 15, 2016 13:39:24 GMT -5
I went to community college for a little while too. I really only went to meet women. I met one and she tried to pin someone else's baby on me. Sounds like a nightmare! It wasnt really. She would constantly want to go to her place and I was very wary because I had never met a girl that foward, so I kept putting it off. Then, after some weeks, I noticed the belly so I asked and she told me she was pregnant. That moment when she told me she was pregnant all those times she wanted to go back to her place flashed into my mind. Once she told me she was pregnant she never asked me to go back to her place. And shortly there after we just stopped talking. |
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2016 15:00:28 GMT -5
I went to community college for a little while too. I really only went to meet women. I met one and she tried to pin someone else's baby on me. |
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Post by dixol on May 15, 2016 15:05:41 GMT -5
Stop going to school and start doing whatever it is that interests you. Get involved in some way. Unless you want to be a dr. Or lawyer. Then you have to go. Otherwise, school is a waste of time.
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Post by bad guy™ on May 16, 2016 6:55:26 GMT -5
Stop going to school and start doing whatever it is that interests you. Get involved in some way. Unless you want to be a dr. Or lawyer. Then you have to go. Otherwise, school is a waste of time. Perhaps the job he's interested in pursuing requires a degree? Sure, college doesn't wind up being for everyone, but don't tell someone "unless you're going to be a doctor or a lawyer don't go to college." Intentional or not, it is rather demeaning and insulting. |
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Post by bababooey on May 16, 2016 8:19:55 GMT -5
Maybe check out trade schools. Those can be super rewarding if you have a particular interest or set of skills.
As for regular plain college, the first thing it boils down to is you're natural classroom ability which doesn't exactly mesh with everyone's type of intelligence. For example, I'm good in a classroom setting. I took 5 classes per semester and finished college with a 3.5 GPA without opening a book. I also got my MBA in a year with a 3.8 GPA. Again, I didn't study at all. Meanwhile, my dad came to America at 18 years old and never bothered to learn how to read or write in English, but he's run a successful business for over 30 years.
Traditional college may not be for you. But if you're dead set on sticking it out, don't worry about where your friends are. Go at a pace you can handle and work hard at it. If you think you can only handle 2 classes a semester and the college allows that then take 2 classes and focus.
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Post by bigshab421 on May 16, 2016 8:23:52 GMT -5
You aren't going to get any better advise then what you got from bad guy™ . I'm curious though, what do you do in your spare time? And do you have a job? What kept you from taking more classes? Yep, part time retail job. Take more classes and forget the part time job. The more you take the less time you have to focus on stuff that is irrelevant to school. I understand you may need the cash, but finishing school is the key to avoiding part time jobs. |
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Post by dixol on May 16, 2016 12:54:40 GMT -5
Stop going to school and start doing whatever it is that interests you. Get involved in some way. Unless you want to be a dr. Or lawyer. Then you have to go. Otherwise, school is a waste of time. Perhaps the job he's interested in pursuing requires a degree? Sure, college doesn't wind up being for everyone, but don't tell someone "unless you're going to be a doctor or a lawyer don't go to college." Intentional or not, it is rather demeaning and insulting. It's not demeaning nor insulting. It's my opinion. From my personal experience, I went to college for 4+ years, and I've learned more outside of college than I did in it. So unless he's interested in a career that definitely requires higher education, I feel that people are better off getting busy pursuing their dreams. |
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Post by Supreme Cross on May 16, 2016 13:27:37 GMT -5
im going to college currently. unfortunately, i can only take 2-4 classes a year. i work full time and have to take summers off. i run my dads business when he isn't available or when he takes vacations. its very hard for me and im paying college out of pocket also. id rather take my time than try to struggle to get done early. i only took 1 class so far this year I thought you were required more than that! i remember i took some Pre College course talking about College and how to do good in it, and the professor said mostly your suppose to be done with college at the most in 4 years. i dont know if they penalize you from that or not. how i look at it is i dont think it should matter as long as i pay for the course. im paying out of pocket so what the heck you know? but you could be right though. only time will tell. |
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Post by Sleazyness on May 16, 2016 18:20:31 GMT -5
Yep, part time retail job. Take more classes and forget the part time job. The more you take the less time you have to focus on stuff that is irrelevant to school. I understand you may need the cash, but finishing school is the key to avoiding part time jobs. Forget the job? You mean the thing that's helping me pay for school? |
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Post by Ben on May 16, 2016 21:42:03 GMT -5
I just finished my first year of college, and started summer classes today. It's a struggle, but if you find something you like it won't feel like work.
Education is a powerful tool.
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Post by Valbroski on May 17, 2016 1:07:43 GMT -5
Yep, part time retail job. Take more classes and forget the part time job. The more you take the less time you have to focus on stuff that is irrelevant to school. I understand you may need the cash, but finishing school is the key to avoiding part time jobs. I agree with this mentality, but it's not realistic for people that have to pay for their own tuition and bills. My recommendation to anybody whose working a part time job while being in school is talk it out with your employer. As long as you aren't a bad employee, chances are for the most part they'll have no problem accommodating your school schedule and scheduling you around it accordingly. At least mine didn't anyway. |
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Post by bigshab421 on May 17, 2016 6:57:07 GMT -5
Take more classes and forget the part time job. The more you take the less time you have to focus on stuff that is irrelevant to school. I understand you may need the cash, but finishing school is the key to avoiding part time jobs. I agree with this mentality, but it's not realistic for people that have to pay for their own tuition and bills. My recommendation to anybody whose working a part time job while being in school is talk it out with your employer. As long as you aren't a bad employee, chances are for the most part they'll have no problem accommodating your school schedule and scheduling you around it accordingly. At least mine didn't anyway. Or try to find part time jobs that have tuition assistance. I know Sheetz (giant gas station) and Starbucks will help you pay back tuition if you work there. I'm sure there are more as well. |
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Post by Valbroski on May 17, 2016 10:45:48 GMT -5
I agree with this mentality, but it's not realistic for people that have to pay for their own tuition and bills. My recommendation to anybody whose working a part time job while being in school is talk it out with your employer. As long as you aren't a bad employee, chances are for the most part they'll have no problem accommodating your school schedule and scheduling you around it accordingly. At least mine didn't anyway. Or try to find part time jobs that have tuition assistance. I know Sheetz (giant gas station) and Starbucks will help you pay back tuition if you work there. I'm sure there are more as well. I had no idea that was even a thing tbh, that's pretty awesome. |
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Post by CM Poor on May 19, 2016 22:11:23 GMT -5
You're getting some terrible advice here.
College isn't a one size fits all scenario. Best advice I could give you is take all the advice here that doesn't cater to your particular situation, wants, and needs, and flush it down the can. Sit back and evaluate your own situation and figure out what's gonna work best for you. Stop comparing yourself to the people you went to high school with - none of that matters from here on out. What matters is what you want, how you want to get it, and what you need to put in play to get there.
Real life scenario - I know a guy who's around 30, only finally walked across that stage right around this time three years ago to pick up his associates degree, which he'd been working at, on and off, for roughly ten years. On the surface, you might want to call the guy a failure, right? Know what he did in the interim?
He learned a lot about himself.
He moved out of his parents house at 19.
He's never moved back.
He worked a ton of different jobs to figure out what he could and could not feasibly do for work for the rest of his life.
He got laid off from 3 jobs in the span of seven months.
He got married.
He bought a house.
He did all that while working toward that degree that he got from a community college, and it made him a better person because he earned everything he picked up along the way and learned the value of a hard days work and the rewards that can come with it. He got a job in his field less than 3 months after getting his degree. He's still at that job, and he's cemented himself as THE guy in his field there. He has a kid who his wife can stay home and raise because he's paid that well. He sold the first house he bought and bought a better one. Some of the people he went to high school with who went right through the four year program, got their fancy four year degrees, and to this day STILL don't work in their field of choice (and they left high school 13 years ago).
TL;DR? Do you, man. What works for you may not work for the next guy and what works for him may not work for me. There is no one right answer. Do what's gonna make you happy with the end result.
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Post by BigT on May 26, 2016 0:56:39 GMT -5
My first tip would be not to bother comparing your results and schedule to your friends. It's easier said than done, but everybody is in a different position and work better in different scenario. They might not be working part time, they might have different distractions, or they might just have found that spark that gets them more invested in the class. Some people are also just more naturally attuned to academic study at that point in time. The way higher education is structured naturally favours some people over others but it doesn't invalidate your own efforts
Doesn't matter if it takes you a bit longer to get through, but make the most of that time. Failing a class sucks but try to learn from it - did you fail because you didn't study hard enough? Then next time you start to struggle you'll know to put in a bit more time for that. Did the class just not click with you? Then try and make sure the class or teacher engages you. I was studying Education for a couple of years and never felt passionate about the classes, I switched to Journalism and suddenly mediocre marks turned into great marks - not because I studied harder but because I found myself more invested in what I was studying.
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Post by ICW on May 28, 2016 8:15:44 GMT -5
I barely graduated. It took a ton of unethical solutions to get me to the finish line but, hey, I have a degree and a really cool job 99% of you would freak out over (although the pay isn't too great and the hours suck).
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I dont know good luck 
