Can't you get a sabbatical or something? At least when you're done with this year. And maybe do a few seperate classes which will get you free passes for those classes when you go back? I can imagine it being shit. I quit college myself because I wasn't interested anymore in what I was doing, but I'm dying to go back to do something I want to do.
Weirdly enough, I haven't even thought about taking a break before. But tbh I don't know how and if that even works in Austria. As far as I know that only works for special reasons, and working does not qualify as one. My problem is that I don't even think that what I'm studying is the wrong thing for me. It's university itself. :/ Far too theoretical and everything. I could kick myself now for not foreseeing that, because I KNEW what it was like at school for me, but I guess I exected university to be different. I just hate that everybody always says university time is the best time in everybody's life, and I just can't enjoy it like that because I know that anything involving studying can NEVER be the best time of my life. How far along were you with college when you quit? And was that very recent, as you're saying you want to go back to doing something you like?
Maybe you can look into a transfer somewhere then? Go through some reviews and send some emails to find a place where it isn't so theoretical? I never saw university as the best time of someone's life. It's different to everyone. I was in my second first year. The first year was a huge adjustment and I don't do so well with theorethics either, and I was home for a few months because I had too many headaches and so I couldn't follow anymore after a while and I had to do my first year over, and it just got harder for me and I'd lost my interest in what I was doing, so by Christmas I stopped. It's been about five years now, I think, give or take. I've always wanted to get a higher diploma, but at first when I quit I didn't want to go back to college anymore, because I I thought it didn't agree with me, but since then I changed my mind. I would love to go back, but only to do something I really love and want to do. If I can't pick the different aspects of my education, I'll probably do it at home by myself over time.
*hugs* I'm sorry about all of this bb <3 Maybe taking a break will help? Although it might be even harder to get into it and actually finish then. Just keep your eye on the finish line hang in there!
Thanks for that, Chiara! *hugs back* As I said above, I'm not sure how it is with breaks here. (In general, I have no idea what I'm doing. I'm going to schedule my overdue talk with our "Studienbeauftragte" - don't ask be how to translate that - soon so I can at least clarify some things.) I think I'm just going to see how this semester goes, because the last one was really, really bad. It was an absolute (motivational) low an that's what I have in mind when I think about going back. Also... I think I've had a bit of a "I don't want to do this, so it's not my fault I'm constantly failing" attitude for a while now. After putting together my schedule for this semester, I snapped out of that at least a bit and realized that it's not really true, because I should just finally get a grip and actually go to all my lectures (even those without compulsory attendance) and actually write my exams properly in the end... (I hate to admit that. Because acknowledging that there's something I can do also means I've got to do it. :P)
Going to talk to somebody sounds like a good idea (and I think student adviser would be a good translation?) and just leave last semester behind if it was so bad and start anew this one so you don't carry the negativeness over into the new semester. I guess everybody gets into phases of not really liking what they're doing so much but if you're this close to the end it would be kinda sad if you quit...
I've had periods also in which I took my classes but then didn't have the motivation to actually write the term paper so I had to take another class in the same field. Did make for a nice variation in lectures but it also meant I could have graduated much earlier LOL It's good that you realize yourself what you have to do and well if you end up taking a class that is kinda boring, just keep the finish line in sight and you'll get through it.
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My problem is that I don't even think that what I'm studying is the wrong thing for me. It's university itself. :/ Far too theoretical and everything. I could kick myself now for not foreseeing that, because I KNEW what it was like at school for me, but I guess I exected university to be different. I just hate that everybody always says university time is the best time in everybody's life, and I just can't enjoy it like that because I know that anything involving studying can NEVER be the best time of my life.
How far along were you with college when you quit? And was that very recent, as you're saying you want to go back to doing something you like?
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I was in my second first year. The first year was a huge adjustment and I don't do so well with theorethics either, and I was home for a few months because I had too many headaches and so I couldn't follow anymore after a while and I had to do my first year over, and it just got harder for me and I'd lost my interest in what I was doing, so by Christmas I stopped. It's been about five years now, I think, give or take. I've always wanted to get a higher diploma, but at first when I quit I didn't want to go back to college anymore, because I I thought it didn't agree with me, but since then I changed my mind. I would love to go back, but only to do something I really love and want to do. If I can't pick the different aspects of my education, I'll probably do it at home by myself over time.
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Also... I think I've had a bit of a "I don't want to do this, so it's not my fault I'm constantly failing" attitude for a while now. After putting together my schedule for this semester, I snapped out of that at least a bit and realized that it's not really true, because I should just finally get a grip and actually go to all my lectures (even those without compulsory attendance) and actually write my exams properly in the end... (I hate to admit that. Because acknowledging that there's something I can do also means I've got to do it. :P)
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I've had periods also in which I took my classes but then didn't have the motivation to actually write the term paper so I had to take another class in the same field. Did make for a nice variation in lectures but it also meant I could have graduated much earlier LOL It's good that you realize yourself what you have to do and well if you end up taking a class that is kinda boring, just keep the finish line in sight and you'll get through it.
Good luck with everything!
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