On Not Going to College, a Dilemma

[happilycoupled]

Is it acceptable to just not go to college? There was a time when I cared, but now I'm fed up with the stops and starts, and I realize I don't even think I want it anymore. I've got a good job, and I am following my love in life, which is writing, and I just cannot force myself, at 35, to read books I don't care to read, and to write papers on

Comments

[tunisond]

That's a tuff question you ask yourself.
And there is no answer but your own.

Follow-up Thoughts

[happilycoupled]

I discussed this with Tim last night -- what do you do when every ounce of your body has no interest in the subject you are learning? "How did you force yourself to read say 50 pages of dry, unrelated-to-your-life drivel, when you were in college?" I asked. His answer? "Most of the time, I didn't do the reading."

Our education system is set up more to make money than anything else in this country, and you end up taking a slew of courses you don't even need, just so you can get to the heart of things and learn what you set out to learn. There are so many more types of learning in this world. While spending years in Europe, years reading and years having lengthy conversations with a number of diverse people, I learned more valuable info than any school could ever hope to bestow upon me, IMHO.

Sorry, long response

[rebcamuse]

"However, I'm writing this in a society that looks down its nose at those who don't fritter away thousands upon thousands of dollars and years of their life in this academic pursuit, so they can have a high title to wield for it. Dare I even utter that among colleagues, and I might be flogged