Posted by B2chica on April 8, 2009, at 8:31:57
In reply to Why do people in the U.S opt to NOT go to college?, posted by Garnet71 on April 7, 2009, at 12:39:25
i have two nephews that decided not to finish college. one was always afraid he just wasn't smart enough, and i think college was hard for him. he found a good management job and is doing very well.
i sometimes wish he could at least finish his degree i think he's literally only one semester away from graduation.
but the job he was at offered him a huge promotion and moving to another state. he took it.
i am still very proud of him, because the decision he made was for him, what he chose to do.my other nephew i'm worried about. he took classes at a community college, did very well. and just decided to stop. he has no goals. he works at a factory at nights, not very good hours. but it gives him time to play his music and be with his friends.
and yes he still lives at home. he's i think 23.
its not that he works in a factory. (his father does too and is a very good man), but that he just doens't have any goals. kinda like he just doesn't care. and that's what worries me.so i guess there are various reasons people dont attend or complete a degree in college.
money, access, family support, academic ability, fear or just plain desire.and for the record, i did horrible in HS, was surprised i was even accepted to the university i attended. went one year then due to money stayed out a year and worked. i also took that year to decide what i really wanted from college.
i knew i was a poor student, i knew i didn't have the money. but the fact was, i was curious and wanted answers, i wanted desperately to learn and i wanted a career. it was and is my desire to learn that has taken me as far as i've come. its just something inside me.
and i think it was obsid that also said he loves school. i feel like i'm perpetually taking classes. of course with some interruption with this stupid bipolar thing.but the longer i was in college, the better academically i became. by my junior year i was getting all A's.
so i hope kids know that just because you are bad in HS, doesn't mean you aren't cut out for college.
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