Posted by garnet71 on April 7, 2009, at 21:10:21
In reply to Re: Why do people in the U.S opt to NOT go to college? » Garnet71, posted by yellowbird01 on April 7, 2009, at 17:35:31
Now why would you say that was useless? That made a lot of sense actually. My Grandmother had an 8th grade education, and was a single mom. My other Grandmother lost her husband at 35, and had schitzophrenia, though she went to various trade schools and programs. No one in my immediate family has ever graduated college, though lots and lots of cousins/aunts/uncles, but yeah, no one told me about college. I thought for years that you had to have money--I didn't know you could borrow it all after grants and scholarships. That's probably why I go around telling lots of people - hey, if you're poor-you can go to college for free. And I do that all the time. Even the clerk girl I sometimes chat with at the convenience store I frequent. lol
Sorry what happened at grad school :(( I'm going through the same thing right now. The last class I attended in grad school this semester before I took leave, I was having a panic attack throughout the entire class-well, it really escalated towards the end; instead of leaving the class, I stayed. But never went back. I went to the foyer after that and completed a paper for my undergrad program that was due that day, on my laptap, and just found out that somehow I got a 100% on that paper. lol
I'm going back to grad school in the summer, and have to finish my undergrad thesis in a few days here...it's hell because it is so boring. After you learn everything about what you've researched, there seems to be little incentive for to put it on paper. The details and structure are too tedious for me.
It's refreshing to hear you are happy with the decision you made at the time. Regrets can really suck.
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