It's my last week of classes, hopefully forever. Not because I'm graduating, but because I'm quitting...again.
Reasons to quit:
I'm 30.
I don't have a partner/teammate/spouse to carry the burden of home and finances and life so I can fully concentrate on academics.
I'm broke.
I'd rather buy food than textbooks.
I hate college kids.
I'm literally $40,000 in debt to Great Lakes for a crappy 2-year degree.
I hate writing papers.
I hate studying.
I can't pass math.
Walking to the bus stop and around campus in winter SUCKS.
Quitting is just easier.
I'm totally over it.
I really need a job now and haven't the patience to wait for something better in the very near future.
Reasons to stay:
Better career opportunities with this degree.
I won't feel like a juice-bag, drop-out.
I honestly can't afford to continue. I've totally maxed out all my aid possibilities. All that pointless schooling I was taking in my mid-twenties has come back to bite me. I can't even afford the textbooks at this point. And in all reality, the amount of money I'll be making with an undergrad degree will NEVER provide me with the ability to pay off these loans. Ever. That means I'll just have to keep going for a grad degree...which equals MORE DEBT. Yea, I'm gonna pass on all that. So, I've decided to cut my losses and just be a juice-bag, drop-out (NOTE: Juice-bag is a less trashy way to say douche-bag).
To give you a better understanding of this "pointless schooling during my twenties" here's a timeline of my educational exploits:
1998 - dropped out of high school (so it begins...)
2000 - GED
2000 - enrolled at BTC as an Accounting major (??)
2001 - dropped out
2005 - decided it was time to at least act like an adult, so I went back to BTC. This time for Mental Health.
2007 - graduated from BTC (with a fantastic GPA, mind you)
2008 - Marietta College...Psych major
2009 - dropped out
2009 - took random classes at WSCC with intentions to transfer them to the Social Work program at OU
2010 - OU never happened...dropped out
2011 - Ohio State, Social Work program
2012 - dropped out
Shameful, isn't it?!
I feel it's important to point out that my heart is still in Social Work...fully and completely. It's just no longer in love with the idea of going through all this schooling to get to where I'm able to do what I want to do. Besides, God has a plan. If He wants me in a particular place doing a particular job, He'll get me there....degree or no degree. "I know all the things you do, and I have opened a door for you that no one can close." - Revelation 3:8 (NLT)
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