FINALLY decided on a career!
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Rose, tell me if I am wrong, but "year eleven" would be our junior year here.
Anyway, Rose, I am not all that older than you. Just 18. I had to drop out of school to raise my son. I had him a day after I turned 16. I have tried to look for jobs since then, with no luck. I do not want to work in a burger joint, and anything else I want to look for requires a highschool degree.
If I am not right, a hairdresser doesn't get paid much either. My best friend is in that business, and she doesn't make crap. She went to school for 4 years, and she makes a 204 dollar check( 269.12 in Aussie dollars) every week. Crappy, eh?
Moral is, don't quit school. You will get far better in life with a high school degree, even if it is from a crappy school.
Anyway, Rose, I am not all that older than you. Just 18. I had to drop out of school to raise my son. I had him a day after I turned 16. I have tried to look for jobs since then, with no luck. I do not want to work in a burger joint, and anything else I want to look for requires a highschool degree.
If I am not right, a hairdresser doesn't get paid much either. My best friend is in that business, and she doesn't make crap. She went to school for 4 years, and she makes a 204 dollar check( 269.12 in Aussie dollars) every week. Crappy, eh?
Moral is, don't quit school. You will get far better in life with a high school degree, even if it is from a crappy school.
i hate my school though. i have a friend that thinks she might quit school and finish it in TAFE because this school just isn't worth it. I don't se the point in sending the money to go somewhere where no-one gives a crap. I have 2 part time jobs at the moment and i work my arse off at them. i like to work, I no-longer like school. i want to do courses, not classes and Ia m not looking at moving out yet, so money, atm isnt a problem. I wpnt be dealing with car payments, house payments or phone bills for a long time.
i don't knwo anymore. I feel lime Ive lost it, I don't see myself goign somwhere academic anymore. I just want to draw and write. I know I have good hands and I really want to study massage. hair dressing is just a backup job, not soemthing I want to focus on. My mum agree to take me up north on occasion for any courses as lonfg as i pay for them. Works for me. I just don't know if school is the best option anymore. there are always ways i can go back and redo year 11 and 12 again right?
also, I am in Australia, that means I have done 11 and a half years of education and I have excelled in academia up untill year 10, when stuff got hard and now I am falling apart. I just finally have a bit more direction. I don't know If i want to study for another however many years. i just want to work at the moment.
i don't knwo anymore. I feel lime Ive lost it, I don't see myself goign somwhere academic anymore. I just want to draw and write. I know I have good hands and I really want to study massage. hair dressing is just a backup job, not soemthing I want to focus on. My mum agree to take me up north on occasion for any courses as lonfg as i pay for them. Works for me. I just don't know if school is the best option anymore. there are always ways i can go back and redo year 11 and 12 again right?
also, I am in Australia, that means I have done 11 and a half years of education and I have excelled in academia up untill year 10, when stuff got hard and now I am falling apart. I just finally have a bit more direction. I don't know If i want to study for another however many years. i just want to work at the moment.
Well, I honestly think you need to pull yourself together. Quitting when things get tough is not the right way to go.
At least until you really have an idea what you want to do. You want to draw and write...you want to study massage and you want to do hair dressing as a back-up job? It's not that easy and to me, it seems that all you want is just to get out of school. You have one and a half years left, right? Get a tutor and those grades up...you will be forever thankful you did it.
Yes, you always COULD go back to school, but trust me, it is easier said than done. I know tons of people who said that and never did.
You do not have any bills to pay now...but sooner or later you will. Starting to work full-time and depending on your mom to take you everywhere does not sound like something I'd want to do.
Sorry to be blunt, but please think it over! It will never be as "easy" as now to finish school.
At least until you really have an idea what you want to do. You want to draw and write...you want to study massage and you want to do hair dressing as a back-up job? It's not that easy and to me, it seems that all you want is just to get out of school. You have one and a half years left, right? Get a tutor and those grades up...you will be forever thankful you did it.
Yes, you always COULD go back to school, but trust me, it is easier said than done. I know tons of people who said that and never did.
You do not have any bills to pay now...but sooner or later you will. Starting to work full-time and depending on your mom to take you everywhere does not sound like something I'd want to do.
Sorry to be blunt, but please think it over! It will never be as "easy" as now to finish school.
So?!
You keep saying that it is time lost. Your 16! You have 70 years of your life ahead of you. Two more year isnt going to kill you. I find it very hard to think that you whont need a high school diploma to get into what you want to get into. What happens if it doesnt pan out? You will probably need to go back and finish high school.
Your 16 chances are you will change your mind again about a career.
Im 21 and I still dont know what I want to do. I have my Paramedics training but I really dont know if thats what I want to do.
Life isnt easy and it's full of things you dont like to do
You keep saying that it is time lost. Your 16! You have 70 years of your life ahead of you. Two more year isnt going to kill you. I find it very hard to think that you whont need a high school diploma to get into what you want to get into. What happens if it doesnt pan out? You will probably need to go back and finish high school.
Your 16 chances are you will change your mind again about a career.
Im 21 and I still dont know what I want to do. I have my Paramedics training but I really dont know if thats what I want to do.
Life isnt easy and it's full of things you dont like to do
i'm 14 and i go out every fri/sat/sun
houstraining a puppy, training in obediance and soon agility
2 rabbits
2 lizards and
2 cats
and a part time job
extra school work since i just started my GCSE's
but school still comes first
i want to be an architect and thats what i want to do,
i have selected all my GCSE's to help me get into uni
I am really busy but i think that school should always comes first!
i like nice things and have a nice life and i want that to continue when i get older, so i need to get a new job to get a nice wage, and then live a good quality of life
i really think that dropping out of school wouldnt be a good idea cause you kinda need a degree for stuff, i mean think about it, if you apply for a job without a degree and a guy applies wid a degree (highly likely) then who do you think is going to get the job?
houstraining a puppy, training in obediance and soon agility
2 rabbits
2 lizards and
2 cats
and a part time job
extra school work since i just started my GCSE's
but school still comes first
i want to be an architect and thats what i want to do,
i have selected all my GCSE's to help me get into uni
I am really busy but i think that school should always comes first!
i like nice things and have a nice life and i want that to continue when i get older, so i need to get a new job to get a nice wage, and then live a good quality of life
i really think that dropping out of school wouldnt be a good idea cause you kinda need a degree for stuff, i mean think about it, if you apply for a job without a degree and a guy applies wid a degree (highly likely) then who do you think is going to get the job?
casablanca1 said:
Two points - are you American? "year eleven" doesn't sound familiar, but I'm not sure where you're writing from. I'm under the vague impression that Americans are really more into *everyone* going to college than are other nations, so if you're a Brit, for instance, maybe your plan is more sensible than it appears to Americans.
But apart from that - if you would like to study arts and literature and philosophy, jump on university with both feet. It's wonderful, it's nothing like school as you've experienced it before. Do whatever you can to get in, and don't worry about making your degree relate to your future job. Most don't. This is your one chance to *not* work for a living, to at least flirt with 'living the life of the mind.' If you have any interest in things intellectual, it's a crime to skip college.
Practically speaking, if you are American, student loans are low-interest, and a college degree is still worth something. But don't look at it as a purely financial transaction. Higher education is a chance to do things we otherwise wouldn't do. We work soon enough, don't be in too much of a hurry to start a career.
My apologies if I've completely misread the situation. I hated school but I loved college, and I'm a bit passionate about the whole thing. Possibly trying to justify my low-interest but still-annoying student loans
But apart from that - if you would like to study arts and literature and philosophy, jump on university with both feet. It's wonderful, it's nothing like school as you've experienced it before. Do whatever you can to get in, and don't worry about making your degree relate to your future job. Most don't. This is your one chance to *not* work for a living, to at least flirt with 'living the life of the mind.' If you have any interest in things intellectual, it's a crime to skip college.
Practically speaking, if you are American, student loans are low-interest, and a college degree is still worth something. But don't look at it as a purely financial transaction. Higher education is a chance to do things we otherwise wouldn't do. We work soon enough, don't be in too much of a hurry to start a career.
My apologies if I've completely misread the situation. I hated school but I loved college, and I'm a bit passionate about the whole thing. Possibly trying to justify my low-interest but still-annoying student loans
year 11 in aus is a senior year. Don't worry, atm i am staying in school. I don't have anywhere else to go. I am not pushing to drop out becasue up untill recently I really just wanted to finish highschool with top grades, go to uni, then travel the world. I found that that dream was easier said than done and I have recently lost a lot of motivation. i am not arguing with you guys. I am just seeking opinion. and it seems that no-one thinks that dropping out is the way to go