.. why is it some of you got to college to study this, and go on to college/uni to study that, and you got the studying bug, but wont settle down and get a job?







Let someone with a genuine interest in the subject participate in the course, not someone who is scared or real working life just add another degress to their CV..
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Being a student is like living in a cocoon, it's safe. But shes going to have to start paying off her student debt sooner or later.

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REDFEATHERS said:

I see, they'll do it until she gets married, (I bet her parents cant wait lol) She probably pops into Harrods for bread and milk.

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are we the only two people here Red?

LleeLlee said:

I think so..
that or 99.9% of the rest of the orgers are students.. in bed sleeping or couldnt give a fuck, what we say

REDFEATHERS said:

students dont sleep! I'll bet your mate is still up knocking back the champers and Caviar.

I'm here!

I don't have anything to add though.

Fauxie said:

I am going to bed now... come with me..

REDFEATHERS said:

But I just got up.

And I'm not tired.

Oh, that's not going to be a problem is it.

i like the real world better than being a student because when i was in the real world i was able to have a life. as a student, all i do is study and post on the org.

I know a few people that just keep doing one course after another...all in different areas...and never actually use them to get a job (and their not getting any younger)

School is addictive. It's a bad habit that needs to break.

I hated uni, so glad to get my degree and get ON with it!

charlottegelin said:

What made you dislike it so strongly?

PurpleKnight said:

just about everything! where do I start!
I had to live in a crummy, cold and mouldy little flat with this girl I hated. Getting to school on public transport took as long as it would've to walk there. I had no money. The lecturers did not care, many times I would get there and they were not in. My course (graphic design) was pretty much all practical, so we were working independently although it was a full week contact hours-wise. I found those with money had an advantage as materials were so expensive - yet I did not qualify for student assistance due to parent's income and they would not give me any money.
Thank god it was only 3 years.

charlottegelin said:

Sounds like your experience was doomed from the start. I'd be curious to see how you react to it with better circumstances.

PurpleKnight said:

I would have loved the whole thing had I been able to live at home with my parents, had a car and had loads of disposable income.

Having said all that, I have had some great jobs thanks to that piece of paper and the folio I made at school. One or 2 friends I still keep in touch with after 15 years!

Without first reading the replies, let me say this: Knowledge is never wasted.


If I could find a way to support myself properly while doing it (as in, higher than minimum wage) I'd seriously consider being a perpetual student.

I loooooved my life as a student! But my last degree is the top one in my field And the loans are a BITCH, I should be glad I can't go back But it was great... I miss it sometimes

CalhounSq said:

What field would that be?

PurpleKnight said:

y'all nosey

meow85 said:

I agree. You may be interested in learning something that you may not wish to pursue in your future career. Just because you may not go into a field in which you studied, it doesn't mean studying what you did was wasteful. I am a little biased here as I did do a degree in something that I am not directly using in my career, however what I studied I feel I do use in various ways in many aspects of my life including my job, and it has contributed to who I am as a person.

At least she is doing something! I had a friend like that, but she eventually found what she wanted to do, not all of us are blessed with knowing what we want to do in life straight away, maybe she is just finding her feet, slowly!

Well, not that I read all the replies, but heres my 2 cents anyway. Im a student, studying a Bachelors degree, and I plan to go on to study a masters after it, but *only* becuase I need it to get anywhere in my line of work. Also, my degree is entirely vocational so theres no room for mucking about not knowing what I want to do.If I dont do it now Ill end up going back when Im 35 and working full time, and paying for it myself too. The one and only reason Im going to uni is so I can get a decent job and earn decent money, I have no desire to be this skint for any length of time! Its an urban myth that all students get parental help to put them through uni, and thats all Ill say on that particular subject...

Diva said:

I've got my beauty diploma and am a licensed esthetican now. But where do I work? In a clothing store.

But every once in a while I find a use for what I learned, and who knows? Maybe eventually I'll find a job in the field that I'd be happy with.

I'm kind of eager to get back to work, actually... I've taken advantage of a three-year-break, staying home with my child most of the time, to go back to school. She'll be going to school herself next year, so I can go back to work if I want without leaving her in daycare full time (which I don't want to).

I don't think that education necessarily has to link to employment. Although many of us use higher education to launch our careers it doesn’t have to be the sole driving force to learn.

There are numerous factors that I believe motivate people to obtain a higher education.

Primarily because “it’s what you do” peer pressure, parental pressure everyone is going to uni, so I will too. Then the decision becomes what to study, at 18 many of probably don’t know what we “want to be” and plump for a subject that interests us, that my best friend is taking, that my parents/teachers think I will be good at.

Upon Graduation you are stuck! Bad advice/choice at 18, a bit more wisdom and life experience and we realise that that wasn’t what we wanted but the thirst to learn/achieve is not gone. Personally I realised that my degree was not good enough to enter the workforce at a position I was happy with, so I followed up with a post grad. education.

Now I don’t need any more education I am qualified to do what I do? No way! Keep topping up, keep studying, along side work, or instead of work. Some of us may be perpetual students but I don’t see problem as long as the study is benefiting you in some way.

Linking back to my first statement, some people undergo a programme of higher education just because they are curious about a subject or simply want to know more about it, this can hardly be frowned upon in a society of increasing ignoramuses.

Learning new stuff is good – however you do it.