I don't understand some college students
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im a little bit worried aboot leaving college. what to do? where to go? college isnt so bad if you take it easy and pick the easy classes your friends recommend 
its even better if you take the same class they took and recycle the test :rick:
its even better if you take the same class they took and recycle the test :rick:
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Originally Posted by RB
There was an article (editorial) in the school paper about how this guy doesn't want to graduate and go out into the real world. And supposedly my next door neighbor's plan (college student) is to stay in school as long as possible and to not work as long as he can.
Personally I can't stand having homework, dealing with grades, not having a steady income, and having to PAY to be there. I can't wait to get out on my own and start MAKING money instead of spending it.
Any opinions?
Personally I can't stand having homework, dealing with grades, not having a steady income, and having to PAY to be there. I can't wait to get out on my own and start MAKING money instead of spending it.
Any opinions?
I like college, I'm having the time of my life :cheers: , but I do want to get out into the real world and make some $$$
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Originally Posted by MrFatbooty
Yeah all I have to worry about is homework and tests, and securing an internship or two. Sure out in the real world there's no homework and tests and you make a salary, but when the hell else can you be a professional bum? Sure you have to pay tuition and nobody really likes writing papers or taking tests, but there's so much other fun stuff to do while here. I mean, I sleep late, I go to class, I do homework, do a part-time job, and the rest of the time I can go out and party like a wild man and be surrounded by nubile young females with lowered inhibitions. Out in the real world they're less nubile, less young, their inhibitions aren't as low, and you have to actually take them out on dates! I mean who wants to do that? In this town at least, a date means you meet up with a girl before you get drunk instead of meeting after you're already drunk. I don't have to worry about a stupid boss, I don't have to worry about shitty coworkers, I don't have to worry about not getting promoted, I don't have to worry about the mortgage, or the investments, or the piles of other real-world things that need to get dealt with. I'm in a professional state of limbo fueled by junk food and alcohol. What's better than that?
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Originally Posted by RB
There was an article (editorial) in the school paper about how this guy doesn't want to graduate and go out into the real world. And supposedly my next door neighbor's plan (college student) is to stay in school as long as possible and to not work as long as he can.
Personally I can't stand having homework, dealing with grades, not having a steady income, and having to PAY to be there. I can't wait to get out on my own and start MAKING money instead of spending it.
Any opinions?
Personally I can't stand having homework, dealing with grades, not having a steady income, and having to PAY to be there. I can't wait to get out on my own and start MAKING money instead of spending it.
Any opinions?
i think those are the kindof people who have been preparing for college through their entire middle school and high school life only to be disappointed when it last 4 years. i know so many people like that. they get good grades atleast.
ill be so happy when im out of here personally. i hate not being independent and i really just hate homework.
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From: Gaithersburg, MD AIM: ellejayess
I'm almost 25, and I haven't finished yet. I'm absolutely dying to get back into school, the real world tends to suck. 
My sis-in-law is applying to grad schools, because she's terrified of the real world. She's a senior this year, and she says she'll do anything to avoid being out of school.
My husband is in grad school, not because he's avoiding real life, but because he wants to further his education. After this is finished, he's even talked about going to law school. I think it's great that he's so interested in school, and I've told him that he can stay in school as long as he wants, as long as he's done before we start having kids.
Some people aren't cut out for college, and rush to get out. Some are afraid of the real world and stay in school to avoid it. Some love school, and would be lifetime students if they could be. Everyone's different, and there's no shame in any of those choices.
My sis-in-law is applying to grad schools, because she's terrified of the real world. She's a senior this year, and she says she'll do anything to avoid being out of school.
My husband is in grad school, not because he's avoiding real life, but because he wants to further his education. After this is finished, he's even talked about going to law school. I think it's great that he's so interested in school, and I've told him that he can stay in school as long as he wants, as long as he's done before we start having kids.
Some people aren't cut out for college, and rush to get out. Some are afraid of the real world and stay in school to avoid it. Some love school, and would be lifetime students if they could be. Everyone's different, and there's no shame in any of those choices.
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it's been four years since i've been in college. they were fun times, but i accepted the fact that i had to move onto another phase of life.
if you're doing well with your career, chances are you won't miss it that much. i've been successful so far, which has cushioned the blow from waking up at 12 everyday and partying, to becoming a corporate whore.
if you're doing well with your career, chances are you won't miss it that much. i've been successful so far, which has cushioned the blow from waking up at 12 everyday and partying, to becoming a corporate whore.
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Originally Posted by ZimZimma13
Van Wilder :dunno: I like college
i hear that. i was gonna say van wilder...i love that movie! haha...
anyways i like college, gives me something to do during the day, and i don't mind learning and looking at all the nice ass girls in my classes...i just hate homework...
"why is it that most college students want to get out of school to make money, when you want to make money to stay in school? " van wilder quote
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