I want to drop out.

[sleepyman]

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Your first mistake was pursuing an art or graphic design degree; if you had extra money to get rid of, why didn’t you send it to me?</p>

<p>Your second mistake was going into debt for said degree as these fields are not very lucrative.

No ****, I kinda meant to imply that lol. And I am well aware of my current losses.</p>

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Some students are never self reflextive and never see the big picture, and some are and can. It’s not specifically an art thing nor a design thing. An engineer or even an accountant can see the big picture, and realize that what will then ensue after their college education(or if they complete it) is a monotonous life, especially if they keep following the path to the “taught/expected” lifestyle. That lifestyle being the one that consists of going to college(for the sole purpose of getting a job/career), finding a spouse, getting married, buying a house, having kids, etc and then what? You end up stuck in this life that you then can’t change because you’ve made so many more choices in life that require you to be not give up and be responsible.</p>

<p>As someone who went through an art school program for a design major, I can relate to what you’re going through. I personally couldn’t see myself living out “the realistic” life of the design industry and doing the same thing over and over, especially when in art and design, much more is demanded(for less pay) than simply sitting at a desk entering data and that required no college education. I’m not sure if you’re at an art school or at regular 4 year college/university, but if you are at a 4 year college/university, have you considered simply majoring in a liberal arts major to finish your degree. If you say you love learning for the sake of learning, you could learn more than you think than by self reading in some areas like Literature, Art History, Philosophy, etc… I don’t know how much you may be taking out in student loans, but if its a manageable amount, you might just stick it out to the end until you graduate.

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<p>Thanks yeah that’s also what I mean, I’m realizing that more college students want to do the boring get married and settle down routine than anything else, when I used to think going to college was all about opening your mind to different lifestyles, for the future as well as the past. I’m realizing a degree is catered more to people who desire the same kind of lifestyle. I’m at a regular 4 year, a mediocre one at that, and yeah I’ve considered switching majors. But I meant that I love learning subjects that interest me, and that means I tend to have ADD with other subjects, and it also means that I only like to learn these subjects, as in read an article and be done, not learn in the traditional school sense with all these tests and essays, I’ve gotten sick of those. I would consider philosophy just to finish, but first of all that’s an even less valuable degree, and secondly I can learn all I want about philosophy for free whenever I want, but learning specifically the important names and periods of the subject just for the sake of structure is not what I can look forward to (I took phil 101 already). What did you end up doing if you don’t mind?</p>

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Sometimes this is a LOT harder than you make it sound.

Not at my current school We’re known mostly for accepting anyone, having the most nontraditional students, and for having the one of the longest average amount of years it takes to graduate.</p>