<p>I'm a freshman in college and I just don't feel like I'm accomplishing anything here. I don't want to take these core classes. Why are they doing for me? I've learned all of this stuff for so long. I want to take classes that correspond with my major. But why go to school? I've gone to school all my life. Now is the one chance that I can choose. Should I stay in school or travel? Go to Europe and just be free? Is this dumb? School will always be an option no matter how old I am. I don't know. College has really made me think a lot, too much actually. </p>
<p>Take a semester off and decide what you want to do. But you are going to have to have some kind of income, college educated or burger king. Its your call.</p>
<p>Yes it is dumb. If you really want to waste a year and a chunk of cash to “find yourself” in Europe go ahead, but you’ll still have to take core courses no matter what. Just shut up, tough it out, and you’ll get to the real courses soon enough.</p>
<p>On the other hand, if you want to waste even more cash and an ever longer time doing things you don’t want to do, college is the best option. If you don’t want to just shutup and do what you’re told, though, travelling Europe is the best choice.</p>
<p>College is not for everyone. If you feel you are wasting your time and are not doing what you would like to be doing…then decide what it is you love to do and figure out how to do it. Maybe a school that specializes in one area exclusively would fit you better. I understand the core classes are a pain sometimes, but I actually found a passion for something (art history) by having taken it as a required class. I probably never would have taken it otherwise. I think a lot has to do with the professors too. Some professors can make any subject interesting and some are just boring. Does your school have large lecture halls? Those impersonal classes can be really generic sometimes. The choice is yours…either stick it out and as you progress classes will be smaller and in your chosen major, or find a better plan of action that you are happier with.</p>
<p>Friday’s jobs report pegged the jobless rate for college graduates at 5.0 percent - compared to 17.9 percent for job seekers without a high school degree. For high school grads, the jobless rate stood at 11.9 percent; for those with some college or a two-year degree, the rate was 8.4 percent.</p>
<p>“School will always be an option no matter how old I am” yes and it won’t be any less boring to get thru the gen eds when you are older and having to support yourself while going to school for whatever major you pursue.</p>
<p>Right now you have to decide how vested you are in a major ( sounds like you have one). If you are vested then you have to decide if you have the patience and willingness to push thru the gen ed preqs your degree requires. If so then you can get to the major subjects you hopefully find more interesting and this will lead to the degree that will hopefully result in your finding a fulfilling (emotionally, intellectually and financially) vocation.</p>
<p>or you can take a break from school, try and find work to make enough $ and time enough to travel around ect and decide if or when you’ll be ready to go back to school and begin again</p>
<p>Going to college and getting a degree is only worth it if the degree itself helps provide you with a job (nursing, engineering, etc.) </p>
<p>A degree in history, English, anthroplogy, creative writing, or anything else like that might be interesting, but it might not give you a set of skills a company wants and will pass you up for someone who has the skills they’re looking for in potenial candidate, leaving you in your search to apply for more jobs and asking if going to college was really worth it.</p>
<p>Can a college degree help you? Yes. Can a college degree hurt you? Yes…It really depends on what degree you get and the places one applies for. There are a lot of people with all sorts of degrees who are working as waiters, retail clerks, call centers, substitute teachers, and are barely making any money. </p>