I'm wasting my education?
952770
Just look around, see people that stop school; how are they doing?.\nLook at people that finish University and make money and leave well.\n\nWhich one you like to be most.
788888
there is hundreds of plans and suggestions out there, and all will sound wonderfull, but concentrating on your studies very much depend on the person himself. But try to find a quiet place not in your room away from your mobile phone, computer, mp3 etc. This might help
729793
You are among a heck of a lot of people.  Education is not cheap and if you study hard and learn it will pay off for you.  \n\nNot for the same reason but I was over one million in debt for a year.  Took a gamble and nearly lost it the first year and then things turned and bingo I could make the payments and even more.  \n\nAs they say if it is free then it has no value.
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Have you tried going to you counselour and asking for advice? Have you talked with your teachers for a way to pull your grade up? Most people are willng to work with you \nIF your genuine about achieving you degree, this might be hard since your on probation but IF you are genuine about your education you might be able to figure something out with your college board members, teachers, something.\nSorry probably wasn't much help.
796496
Hey when I was 17 I didn't know what I wanted to do in life either!  Have you maybe thought that college isn't for you?  Maybe that's why you're finding it so difficult to concentrate on it.  \n\nDon't listen to the people who say you need to have a degree to get on in life, these days the people commanding their own wages are those in the skilled trades - plumbers, electricians, joiners etc.  \n\nHave you thought about taking up an apprenticeship?  Maybe you're more of a hands-on learner than an intellectual one...\n\nYou really just need to find something that inspires you.  Once you do that, it's easy to become diciplined and focus on your life.\n\nGood luck!
714780
You are SOL buddy.  Why don't you just go back to school and apply for financial aid.  Start off at a community college and go from there.  Take your basics and some remedial classes.  there is nothing wrong with that and it will help you with your other studies, trust me.  You still have plenty of opportunity and I suggest you take advantage of it and get a small part time job while going to school.  You can live in a dorm and get a dorm scholarship to pay for it.  You have options.  Don't blow it.
189101
In many ways you are right. Education is an investment of time and money that may or may not pay off. If you know you won't be totally committed to college, don't go.
263665
Why don't you just quit school and get a job instead of taking up space that someone who really wants to learn could use? Lazy college students who can't be bothered to do their schoolwork should go to work instead.\n\nTo answer your question, you could go to one of the four kinds of libraries, do the research and write the paper yourself.
588559
Here is the best advice for you.\n\nStudy in school and stop wasting time.
1132213
Tell them exactly what you posted here. They should excuse or re-schedule you. \n\nI was summoned while away at college, and was waived/excused twice because of that (since I was not living in town at the time). If you're studying in college, they will excuse you, so you don't miss any education. \n\nYou shouldn't have a problem with it.
417641
Well, those aren't your only two options - not doing anything in life OR going to college. There are surely things out there fall somewhere in between. Do SOMETHING with your life -- even if it doesn't include a college degree. Degrees certainly do help though. It won't hurt to try to get one and then just do what you want anyway. But, degree or not, not doing ANYTHING with your life sounds really depressing and boring. Not going to college does not equal not doing anything with your life.
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Yeah yeah, Ok Lu - Good for you - but back to the subject - not you using this thread to glorify yourself and your problem solving abilities. :-&#92;\n\nBack to the subject.......\n\nI totally agree with you Phil C - It's like when I was at school and Encarta just came out. All the kids with computers used to just cut and paste HUGE chunks of it into thier homework. \n\nIt's the same as all this coursework B*llsh*t. Kids racking up a grade without even sitting an exam - It should be all down to the tests, not studying and putting together studies that equate to 60% of your final grade.\n\nLife is stressful and in the working world it all comes donw to the crunch - They should be educated to deal with pressure from a younger age - then we wouldn;t get so many flakey Grads in jobs that have no idea about thinking on thier feet.\n\nKids are lazy as hell - we are just helping that.\n\nLu - There is a trait called modesty I believe you should look into developing. But I guess you are only a kid so brag. brag, brag away my smug little one. :-|
192396
i think you are to young too date. you should worry about your education first.
516636
I think you should concentrate on basic things like spelling and proper grammar before you think about spending more money on college. Why waste any more of your moeny and time.
189339
When I was at the university I had the same problem for a couple of years. It was so good having fun as a young student. As Oscar Wilde put it, "I can resist everything except temptation".\nThen one day, a friend of mine who already finished the studies at that time, told me this phrase: "Look, you are throwing away yourself".\nAt that precise moment I realized the situation. I restarted studying hard and in short time I graduated. Today, I still thank that friend of mine.\nSo simple. You have to get to the point where you feel that you may be throwing away yourself. Perhaps that moment is not now, but I suggest you start think about it. Hold on, and good luck!
47197
unfortunately there is no quick fix here. Get a tutor (most schools will assign you one) and go to your teachers for extra help. Nobody LIKES studying, but if you want a future its necessary. Life is full of things that arent fun that need to be done, so get used to it now!
347953
Go to university and get at least one university degree. You will realize significant return to you only decades later. At that time, you would not be able return to classroom and get the education that you could have taken at your young age. Don't look at these few success stories of people without univ education, and flatly reject the idea of university education. Only those who have had higher education know how education  can change their life styles, and know when will it start paying you back. University education is not a lottery, but an investment. Its very hard to convince people of the age: high school graduates. I wonder whether you will read my comments from top to bottom. Those kids whose parents have good education background, have higher chances of getting at least first university degree. Education provides you wings to fly and see the world from sky. Imagine: "If I were a bird". University Education (but not the F rated Distance learnig or Independent Studies: current trend of purchasing a university certificate. Think of traditional university class room education) attaches wings and let you fly like a bird. Enjoy being a bird. Its your life, your choice. Bill Gate or Bill clinton, one of them said: "Intelligence is almost equally distributed, but not the opportunities." Education provides you a road-map to find opportunities.