Should I stay in school? Answer soon I need to make a decision!!!!?

Question

I attend a community college and I don' tlike it. I'm not completely sure what I want to do for a living yet and the classes that I've taken where extremely easy and I'm getting really bored with them. The only problem is I didn't do too well in highschool so it would be extremely difficult for me to get in a regular university. I'm thinking about just leaving school for a semester and seeing what happens from there. DO you think this would be wise????

Answer 1

Not for you. Many people can take time off, but only if they have been successful at school, have a concrete reason to leave with a finite time limit that will allow them to go back to school, and have the experience to know school will help them get ahead in their career. You have none of these. You go to school because you know you should and because it's "supposed" help you with your future, which you don't even know what it will be.

To be perfectly blunt, you have to stop f*king around. Decide what you want to be and go to school to learn that trade. You're not 13 or 16. You no longer have the luxury to be undecided. If the classes you're taking are easy, take more challenging classes. Take Math, Science, English, Writing, Computer skills. Regardless of your end career, these classes will actually help you and allow you to earn more money. I don't know what you're taking now, but if it's PoliSci or Film or Art, those classes are useless. You need real skills to have a career, and that's all school does - teaches you skills.

You need to stay in school, you need to be serious about school, and you have to decide what you want to do with your life because like it or not, you're grown up.

Answer 2

I think that you should stay in school, your classes may be boaring but at least you are doing well. I am in almost the same situation i go to a community college also, and I didn't do that well in HS, but the thing with me is that I said I was only going to take a semester off but then I got accustomed to working and liked making money so a semester turned into over a year, by the time i got ready to go back, i accumulated alot of bills because the more you work and become independent its like the more you spend, I bought a new car ect. now i have to work full time even though I don't want to, and go to school at night, and the worst thing is I don't know what I want to do either, but I wish I would of went straight through, your credits are always going to count for something, stay in school, it will be the best thing you could of done for yourself in the long run.

Answer 3

Stay in school. You can test out of those classes that are too easy with aptitude testing -- that will save you time and money. Ask the counselor at the school about it. You can always transfer to a larger school after a few semesters at community college.

Or, if you're antsy to get out into the world -- look into programs that have "study abroad" options or something like that. You will most likely regret it if you do not finish your education at this junction of your life. But, school doesn't have to be the daunting experience it appears to be. Look, I just Googled "study abroad" and I found this link. I think that you can do good things for other people, and other places and earn college credit.

Answer 4

it depends on your options.
IF you leave college for a semester, what will you do to support yourself, and how will you make ends meet?
How do/would you feel still working without a degree of some sort, ( in other words, does it really matter to you or are you doing this because of someone else's advice?)
Maybe the classes your taking are too easy, sometimes we never get into the right classes ( esp. if its based on a test score of some sort). Talk to your advisor, or a trusted professor, That person should be able to help.

this is a great book to read:

"The power of focus for college students"
by
luc d'abaddie , Andrew Hewitte and Les Hewitte

I dont know how old you are but its geard towards the traditonal college age and have valuable info.

Answer 5

Probably not. You sound as if you want someone to confirm your thoughts to just quit. Why do you want to quit? why do you want to stay in school? Now, look at your answers, what makes the most sense? Is a degree important to you? Do you think you will go back to school once you leave? If high school was hard and junior college was easy, why do you think this is? If junior college is too easy, you are probably not taking challenging courses or maybe not putting your heart into the classes. If your high school grades won't get you into a 4-year university, you will have to get your AA and transfer or at least get enough good grades to bring your GPA up to transfer.

Answer 6

Here's a thought. If you find your classes boring, see if there is an honors option for your classes.

I am a former teacher and had to take classes for my credential renewal. I took some science classes at the community college with the "honors option" - which meant I did extra projects and an extra paper and got a A. The class, a botony class was pretty easy, so I really enjoyed the extra work.

Maybe you could go to school parttime and really throw yourself into one or two classes - do extra work for them.

Don't just drop out.

Answer 7

I do not think it would be wise because you'll be done before you even realize it and once you're done you don't have to worry about working at any lame job. Times are tough nowadays and i'm sure you're tired of hearing this but seriously you aren't getting any younger and you've to started getting your life together to develope a foundation for a family. Of course that's if you don't already have one. Any person, who graduates from college and seriously looks for a job, will have an easy life, that's a known fact and we all want this life and i'm sure you want this too. So just hang in there and keep the faith! Goodluck

Answer 8

I'd keep going - take a class in one of the basics like English 101, a science or history but make sure its transferable to the universities in your area. Ease up on the coarse load, relax a bit, but keep going. It took me 13 years of taking classes here and there to finally graduate. Two years credits from several community colleges, a bit of a state university, and I graduated from "not half bad" George Washington University. By the way, doing horrible in high school doesn't matter once you've got good transferable credits under your belt.

Answer 9

Stay in school. Don't drop out. Use this time to explore yourself and who you want to be. There are interesting classes that you can take for credit. Talk to your academic advisor..it's free/you pay for it in tuition. Go to career development. Think about what your passion is. Could this be a career? Talk do people who are in different industries. Ask them what they like/dislike most about their jobs. Think about who you want to be 50 years from now. Not what you will be doing, but the type of lifestyle that you want. Do you want to look back and say I did lots of positive things for the community, have a huge family around you, or reflect on the places that you have traveled. Then go backwards and find a job/career that will enable you to live that sort of lifestyle.

****PLEASE DO NOT GET A CREDIT CARD, APT, OR A CAR. THAT'S JUST DEBT THAT WILL START TO LIMIT YOUR POSSIBILITIES****** If you alread did, it's not the end of the world just get creative and stay on top of things!

best wishes!

Answer 10

I'm not trying to encourage everyone to drop out of college but sometimes you just need a break, I once took a year off and realized how much I needed school, so maybe taking a couple of semester off can help. I do suggest working to save up some money even if it's going to be a deadend job.

But yourself time to think.