Old 01-08-2012, 12:34 PM
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laxking012
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Default Need as many honest opinions as possible about school

So I'm 18 and I work at a Nissan dealership as a technician, I've learned 100times more than I used to know, just by working there. I'm also going to local college in 2 year program as Automotive Technology major. My first semester was all academic bs classes, and so is the second semester that starts tomorrow. But I absolutly HATE school and want to drop out. I love my job and want to go full time, right now I work 4 days a week since school is 2 days a week. My mom (who I live with) says she doesn't care anymore, I'm 18 and it's my choice, but if I drop I have to start paying "rent". My dad though doesn't know I want to drop, I'm kind of scared to tell him. Also in first semester I did alright, not really good but not bad. This semester I'm afraid I'm going to struggle a lot and might not pass all my classes just because of what they are. When we're paying out of pocket I can't afford that. And when auto classes start this fall classes go to 4 days a week so I could only work couple hours each night and friday and saturdays, which I can't afford. I have a truck payment, insurance, gas and my lunch everyday, which takes most of the money I make now. And we don't even have enough money for the second year of school. It all just seems to me like I don't need this school and it's just going to cost money we don't even have, and I'm not going into debt for school I don't want to go to. I know everyone says any education will help but there are also people that say college isn't for everyone. I figured this would be a good place to ask this since we're all car guys and I'm sure there are people that can relate to what I'm saying here. So what does anyone think?
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