So today I finally realized why so many people decide not to go to college when they have a job they like right out of high school. I'm not saying that I agree with the practice--hence the reason that I'm currently going to school and, oh yeah, hating it. Well not really; actually, I also realized what I don't like about school...but I'll get to that. Why people don't go to college--I have got to stop letting my undiagnosed ADD get the best of me. I was at school today for approximately six hours. It felt like thirteen. I was at work today for approximately three hours. It felt like fifteen minutes. So what's the difference? Here's what I came up with. I'm going to school for me. I'm paying for school. I'm taking classes (and again paying for classes) that I don't necessarily want to take. But I have to. Why? So that I can get a degree in what I
think I want to do. And sometimes it's hard to see what sitting in a crowded room and talking about anything from getting wasted and not remembering the previous night to boys having urges to kill people with a group of random people (who also are wondering the exact same thing) while we wait for the instructor to do whatever it is that he's doing for 20 minutes at a time, has to do with teaching middle school students English.
But when I'm at work (and this is only when I have something to do) I generally like what I'm doing. And I'm not getting graded on anything. There's a lot less pressure. Also, I don't necessarily have to take my work home with me. I do it there--unless I choose to take it home. And it's not necessarily for myself. It's for others. And unlike school, where the only one that benefits from me doing anything is myself, I'm usually doing something that will hopefully help someone else. And I'm getting paid to do this.
Now, the downside to not going to college. I know that I couldn't live on this cute little job forever. And there's this whole thing about security with a degree. (Although, I have a theory about the job security that I actually have now--but I think I'll save that for a later time.)
And why don't I like school? One word--deadlines. I hate homework. If I could just go to school and do everything there, I gladly would. And it's not the work that kills me--it's the having to take it outside of school and doing it. There are SO many more distractions outside of school; therefore, it takes me forever to finish anything...because let me tell you...I am the world's best procrastinator.
So there it is. My great epiphany of the day. Conclusion: Quit school and just find something that you like to do. Oh wait--didn't I just get done refuting this concept? Oh well...I suppose I'll just keep going to school. What else do I have to complain about?
