I need help

[Droopy]

I am considering dropping out of school and moving west, I am not stupid, infact I have been told by many of my teachers/professors that I am the smartest person that they have ever taught. I have never preformed up to my "potential". But I dont know, am I just stupid, or am I just above it? I dont want to live the life of my parents.

I am really drunk I will continue this post later

But please, does education mean that much?

Why am i so lazy? is it a fear of failure?

I really just want to be free. I find freedom on the slopes, I find freedom on powder days



SOBER EDIT: I'm not a brain child or anything, but I am not stupid, thats the point I was trying to make. Dont think i am some pretentious east coast ass wipe... which i may be, but dont think it

[lax]

is that you colin? my friends the same way, literally

[snow_slider]

while you don't have to go to school to educate yourself, that diploma certainly opens a LOT of doors.

[Blurred]

If you're smart, you can lie about your diploma.
If you're not specializing in anything such as being a Doctor or Lawyer, quit wasting your time and move out west. The smart people start their own businesses and don't need a piece of paper to feel good about themselves.

[A-wreck]

As I was reading your post, a loacal morning show was reporting on this scam artist guy who has a bunch of fake college degrees. He just paid for them over the internet. The schools don't exist, they are just P.O. boxes in BC and shit. He actually got a job teaching at a real university here in detroit. He was also giving seminars on education for $250 a pop. He was teaching at a school in Florida too. Doesn't sound too bad.

[up an down]

If you're smart, you can lie about your diploma.
If you're not specializing in anything such as being a Doctor or Lawyer, quit wasting your time and move out west. The smart people start their own businesses and don't need a piece of paper to feel good about themselves.

it's smart to be a liar for the purpose of enriching yourself, eh?

[homerjay]

This just in: They have schools out west, too.

[cmsummit]

How far along in school are you? If you are close to getting a degree, GET THE DEGREE. I wanted to drop out of civil engineering at UMaine during my junior year, but my mom actually convinced me to stay in school. I'm glad I did. I moved west to CO a week after graduating and worked "dumb" jobs for the first two years until I found an engineering position in Breckenridge that enabled me to still ski 80-100 days a year. Ten years later, I'm still here. It's possible to have the best of both worlds.

[Droopy]

Boy that post makes me sound like a pretentious asshole…I don’t know what the fuck I want to do, I know there are schools out west, but I just mean school in general is bullshit. I love learning, but I hate the whole idea of school, like I have to do this to have a successful life. I don’t like the stigma of being a college drop out, in reality that shouldn’t mean anything. It truly doesn’t reflect on me, I am a motivated person, but about things that matter to me. School doesn’t seem to matter to me so does that mean I am unmotivated, or does it show that I understand that these are the years. The years where it is ok to be a dumb fuck, drop out of school, and travel around the world for a few years like a fucking hippie. I guess I should just get school over with and suck it up like everyone else, its good to have a marketable skill.

I held it together in that post, used real words, and quasi complete sentences. Much better then my normal drunk post

[watersnowdirt]

Finish school. You may find freedom on the slopes now, in your early twenties. But it doesn't pay the rent. Get the diploma and you'll have even more freedom - the freedom to choose among greater options.

[The AD]

I have never preformed up to my "potential".

This is a classic, but I'll cut you some slack since you were drunk.

If you're seriously not happy in school maybe you should take some time off. I wouldn't recommend just quitting in the middle of a semester, though. Either finish the current semester or year then take a step back and decide whether you want to continue or bum around for a while. You can always pick up where you left off later.

I think the best scenario is to finish your degree then take some time off if you want. You sure as hell don't need to become a office drone at 22.

[danadog]

During my first year in collage I found a add in the back of Powder for the Peruvian Lodge in Alta. I think the add is still there if you look.
I left as soon as spring classes ended and moved to Alta.
After a few years I moved back to Michigan and finshed school.
Then as soon as I was done with school. I found myself with a loaded truck degree in hand and ended up Colorado.
If you are not into it school now, go enjoy a season in the hills then go back after you have skied 100 plus days. I found it help me get back on track for school.
Yes the degree does open a lot of doors down the road.
Give it a lot of thought but go with your heart!

[PlayHarder]

Just give some serious thought to what you want to do for the rest of your life. I know lots of happy, successful people without degrees and lots of happy, successful people with degrees. Not all careers require college diplomas, but if your lifelong dream is to be an architect or a lawyer (for example) you need the paper.
Taking a year off to figure out if your lack of motivation has to do with not being interested in the career your education is geared for isn't a bad idea.

[vinzclortho]

I have experience in these matters. Finish school. I never finished school but was smart enough to work my way up and make a really good living. Then I got sick of that and recently moved to SoCal, which I am quite happy about. The part that sucks, is that without a degree alot of doors are shut to me right now and I have to start over at the bottom of the ladder. That is okay with me, I'm a big boy, I can take care of myself. But at this point in life, I really wish I had finished school. It would make getting a new job easier and I'd feel better about myself. It's not the end of the world, hell I hope to start International Business classes in January at a local college. However, I should have finished school when my parents were willing to pay for it. I guess having worked all my life and whatnot I have some really positive experiences that school just can't offer. But life is easier with a degree and that's a fact.

Do what you want dude, this is America and...for the time being anyways, you are free to make your own decisions. Do what you think is right.

[The AD]

However, I should have finished school when my parents were willing to pay for it.

A very good point that I hadn't considered! If your parents are paying for your school that adds a whole 'nother wrinkle.

[danadog]

Yes the money help from the rents! Good point.
The reason I ended up going back to Michigan after living in Alta was the fact the the rents would not help pay for school if I stayed in Alta. I think they know me to well and they nailed it on the head when they told me that I would be skiing instead of going to school when it snowed. How right they were.