<p>I am a freshman in college and I am so sick of the whole thing. For the last 8 weeks all Ive done is sit in useless GE classes which dont even matter in the long run while having to live with the most immature, spoiled, bunch of kids I have ever met. In all honesty, my graduating class in high school was more mature than these kids. At this point I am considering just going home and attending the community college there. Hell, Im even ready to turn my back on education entirely and just going to a trade school so that way I can start working. The whole thing is ridiculous, its just immature little kids postponing enetering the workforce as they smoke weed and listen to crappy music and I want none of it.
That all said, here is my question: can anyone provide a legitimate reason why I shouldnt just turn my back on education?</p>
<p>Run, don’t hide…particularly if you are receiving any FA or merit money which could be served to a student who actually cares about an education</p>
<p>Your stupidity amazes me sir.</p>
<p>All I’m going to say is that for the longest time I’ve been told “go to college, go to college, go to college” and I obediently worked hard and got to college, well, now that I’m here, I don’t know why I worked so hard. I don’t know why I even bothered in the first place.</p>
<p>What’s your major if you have one yet?</p>
<p>If your classes aren’t challenging enough then see if you can take more challenging courses next semester/quarter. If you want a challenge and have any interest in it you can always pursue a computer science or other engineering major which should provide plenty of challenge. College is what you make of it. You can’t be just a passenger. You also need to be realistic in your expectations - not every single course will be the most exciting, challenging, interesting, but might be a necessary pre-req.</p>
<p>Going to a CC for a couple of years then transferring is also an option but are you sure your classes would be any more challenging or that your classmates would be any more mature?</p>
<p>I don’t know what college you attend but the particular college can make some difference as well so maybe you want to consider transferring at some point to a different college. Regardless, it’s only been a couple of months so you should give it more of a chance.</p>
<p>‘Trade school’ isn’t necessarily going to be any better unless you study something you’re quite interested in and that has good job prospects but maybe you can do that where you are if you steer yourself in that directions (assuming you picture yourself in the driver’s seat and aren’t just a passenger).</p>
<p>Well given you are so much more intelligent that your classmates, I find it remarkable that you would generalize your six weeks of education at one school to all higher education. </p>
<p>I can tell you I really don’t work in a university like the one you describe (yet my students are business students, just like you). My freshman students, for the most part, are intelligent, hardworking, thoughtful, and mature. They offer utterly fantastic comments and ideas in our discussions every week. It appears almost everyone has done the required reading, they care about the material, and they show a genuine curiosity with the questions they ask. We also have a lot of fun (there is a lot of good humor in our classroom and we’ve gotten to know each other quite well). About 30% of my students are from other countries and we cover all continents, 75% are fluent in two languages, 45% speak 3 or more (and collectively our class can speak 14 different languages fluently). </p>
<p>Maybe you are in the wrong university. I think you ought to transfer to one that matches you better before you decide to throw out the baby with the bathwater.</p>
<p>Let’s be honest here college doesn’t teach you anything your going to use in your first job, or any job for that matter.</p>
<p>The reason you get an undergrad degree is because noone wants to be the first person to take a chance on someone. the idea is if you get a degree and a good gpa you’ve already been vetted.</p>
<p>By all means if you want to work in a trade go for it. America could use more skilled labor. If you want to go into a profession, stay in school.</p>
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<p>Don’t stay. Finish out the semester and all, but if by the end you still think it’s a waste go back home and do something else. Go to CC and take classes to transfer, get a trade degree, work full time, whatever. </p>
<p>Honestly, if you go there for a semester and think you’re wasting your time and getting nothing out of it, you’re probably gonna think the same the next semester. You may decide to return later with better focus and goals.</p>
<p>I am a parent - son was not interested in GE type classes, he was generally too mature even when he was in middle school although he was the youngest amongst his peers. Some kids take different paths, its not just plain right or wrong.</p>
<p>He has been on leave from college second semester now and starting his own company. For him it was the right decision, but he had a game plan. He has stayed on that plan and has shown me that I could trust him. He is happy I am happy.</p>
<p>Just think of what your interests are long term and go in that direction, just stopping and doing something for the heck of it will not help. Talk to your parents/friends and then decide. Good luck!</p>
<p>The main reason to stay in college is that at some point in your life you will likely want to have a college degree because your job opportunities will be limited if you don’t have one. And it’s a lot harder to get that degree when you’re 30, married, working, paying a mortgage, and supporting your children.</p>
<p>That said, you might want to consider changing your environment while continuing at the college you’re attending. Is there any chance that you could get a part-time job that would expose you to a different group of people? And if the dorm social life doesn’t appeal to you, is moving off-campus an option? Also, would it be possible to start serious work in your major next semester and postpone some of the GE classes until later? That might give you a different perspective.</p>
<p>Tweaking your current college experience to make it more pleasant and suitable for you might be better in the long run than ditching it altogether.</p>
<p>I don’t know anyone who quit college and then didn’t regret it on SOME level. Even the self-made millionaire friend, who told me it bugs him to have his education end as ‘unfinished’ business. Heck, even Stephen Spielberg and Steve Wozniak (Apple co-founder) went back to college when they were rich-and-famous. The world at large tends to respect people who finish what they started. Certainly a lot of employers do.</p>
<p>At this point I am considering just going home and attending the community college there. Hell, Im even ready to turn my back on education entirely and just going to a trade school so that way I can start working.</p>
<p>Those are both valid options.
How are your grades? Have you reconsidered some of your other acceptances? Perhaps you can transfer.</p>
<p>I agree with those who suggested finishing out this semester and then either doing what you can to change your environment at college by finding a new group of friends, or transfer, or go to the CC or trade school next semester. It may be that this college isn’t a good fit for you and another school with less of a party atmosphere would be better. Good luck.</p>
<p>I’m not much an advocate for “staying in college” for the sake of someone else. If you think it doesnt matter or that you will be happy in the trades or can get an interesting job or have another idea you want to pursue? I say, do it. </p>
<p>You can always go to college later, if you find out that your prospects are not what you want them to be without an undergraduate degree. You are young, young, young, and clearly have no idea what you want, yet. You might as well go out into the world and get some experience and figure out what that really is.</p>
<p>But, do your research and look at your realistic prospects, and how you will be self-supporting. Once you leave school, you are probably going to be on your own, and will probably need to be able to support yourself financially. </p>
<p>Good luck to you. You’ll figure out what you want from life eventually.</p>
<p>Finish this semester, get a job for a while, and figure out what you want to do with your life. There’s no shame in going back to college later in life when you have a better idea of what you want to do. You can do a lot of basic coursework online while you are working, or take some community college classes, just to keep yourself in the system. Good luck to you!</p>
<p>transfer to a better school after your year.</p>
<p>QED</p>
<p>You are the immature one. It sounds like you have too high an opinion of yourself. Finish out the semester with the best grades you can so you don’t have a poor college record limiting your future choices. You don’t seem to have a love of learning, something required to enjoy and do well in college. Those general courses could be interesting if you wanted to increase your fund of knowledge. You don’t need to worry about any of the other students, you choose your path. If you do well enough you could probably sign up for the courses others who want to learn do.</p>
<p>A college degree doesn’t limit you to jobs requiring one but not having one excludes you from competition for those that do. College is for an education, learning. It is a privilege to be able to delay the need to support yourself in a job and take on full adult responsibilities. There is plenty of time for young adults to work- decades of it. This is a time for being only responsible for yourself, as the other students have discovered. They are enjoying the freedoms of this stage of life. It doesn’t matter if college students aren’t as responsible as military recruits after training, those who go straight to work or learn only a trade (tech schools often have general ed requirements as well- they are not only for learning a specic job skill- some likely at a slower pace and more boring for you). By the time you are all 30 the college students you consider immature now will most likely be far ahead of the others.</p>
<p>Do take the time off next semester if you can’t get excited about your second semester. “Downgrading” to a CC or tech school probably won’t be any more enjoyable or be with more mature students. Be prepared to join the workforce at a job commensurate with your HS diploma. A college friend knew her summer job at her hometown plastics factory one summer was more than enough incentive to continue with college, even those courses than were a chore.</p>
<p>OP, while you think you aren’t being intellectually challenged, you may be socially challenged. Are you involved in any social activities on campus? </p>
<p>My S observed that his freshman year would have been even better had he made friends in the first few weeks. He eventually found his social group and is a happy camper.</p>
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<p>You appear to be going to SDSU. Maybe you should really go back to CC and then transfer to UCSD. Remember, it’s easier to transfer in to the UC system from community college than other CSUs.</p>