Community college first. Not needed to get in to a CC and then the AA degree from there transferred to ISU without needing an ACT or SAT.
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Community college first. Not needed to get in to a CC and then the AA degree from there transferred to ISU without needing an ACT or SAT.
I should have done that. My first two years of college were a mess....
Why in the F don't they have a stack of cup trays and spoons available with the straws etc.?
Financially it was well worth it for me. I’m from a poor, single parent family, so I qualified for full tuition and book coverage through financial aide with no payback in my first two years. And in my second year I was the assistant editor of the paper, which was a half tuition scholarship, but it didn’t effect my financial aide, so I ended up finishing my first two years of college making money, with about $1000 or so in the bank.
Still graduated from ISU $20k in debt though....
Route I should have gone although I should have just worked for a year or two and then went but my priorities were different I guess. Switched my major my junior year anyway so the timing to get my degree was about the same...also wasn't until a few years later that I even attained a real career, and even now I'm not even sure if I'll stick with it.
I remember reading a while back that, statistically speaking, if you take a year off between high school and college, your odds of actually going to college drop drastically. Ideally it always seems like a good idea, but I think I’m the real world what ends up happening is you get a pay check fresh out of high school and even though it might not pay ****, getting $500 a week or whatever it is you make, seems like an awfully good gig for an 18 year old.
CycloneErik
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And you just get used to the idea that you're not in school.
There's some research out there that jobs which are less stimulating mentally help people get into ruts and stop using the thinking approaches/areas/whatever that lead to success in school. Basically, a person gets used to thinking and living a certain way and school just becomes a non-factor in their living and/or planning.
Yep, and that makes sense. I worked in the restaurant/service industry here and there and there were loads of people that had tentative plans to go back some day but had been in the industry for years.
On the other hand I also held high regard for servers and bartenders because many of them were good at the job, and probably had a more reliable situation than many jobs that rely on outside sources to keep you employed.
People will always eat and drink.
Yep, every single person I know that took a gap year either failed first semester or never even went.
My cousin tried it too, in South Padre Island TX. She got pregnant and now lives at home with her parents and is never going to be a dentist at this rate.
CycloneErik
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Yup. A huge # of people in my shoes never make any professional progress and wash out from their planned career. I'm more stubborn than most of them, but I can see easily how it happens. You don't have the same access to things, lack good workspaces, and it's easy to fall aside (if that's even a fair term).
I could never work in a restaurant job. I respect the hell out of those people, especially the ones that are really good at it, because they deal with some of the worst human beings on a daily basis.
One of my first ever jobs was cooking at a concession stand for a professional softball team. Eventually I asked if I could walk the stands and be a hawker. So then my job became whatever I cooked or loaded up then I sold them. I got a hot dog hat a couple weeks after that and then the tips started rolling in.
One time we hosted a week long high school age traveling softball tournament. As a 16 year old, it was heaven. Everyone was asking me about my "weiner".
That was a fun summer and made me appreciate the service people behind the scenes a hell of a lot. At the end of the summer I got an internship working help desk and the rest is history.
Similar hat for reference.
If we're being honest I could have used two years to learn to drink in moderation or quit drinking haha.
Sad thing is there are places where the people serving your food are held in high regard and paid really well up front.
I mainly bussed tables which was mindless work but at least paid well and I would have struggled with being 'customer friendly'.
'Oh, you want your steak replaced? There's people in this country and all over the world that don't eat this much in two weeks but here you are, complaining about it being cooked too long.'
CycloneErik
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My second job right now is cleaning tables in a restaurant, largely because it fit my available hours, they're the only ones who didn't ask fearful questions about my degree, and I want to keep eating while I look for a job.
It's all right, but the first night was a strong motivation to keep the search alive.
I've considered looking for something similar to make a little extra income.
Ummmmm, thats not a calf. Thats a human baby, does DH know this? Sounds like a potential awkward convo coming.
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