Comments on: I Am Dropping Out Of College! http://www.thegrowingroom.net/i-am-dropping-out-of-college/ Expand your self. Evolve your inner core. Grow... Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:02:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: diem http://www.thegrowingroom.net/i-am-dropping-out-of-college/#comment-414 diem Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:49:57 +0000 http://www.thegrowingroom.net/?p=73#comment-414 montdor1, while I agree that post secondary education is a great opportunity to make something of yourself, I rlly think your missing the point of school (university/college) in general. You make it sound as if life has these very specific, compulsory steps that one must take in order to be happy; one of them being uni/college. I'm sorry but life doesn't work that way, it never has. And about your comments on "affordable" & "excellent" education--hate to break it to you but higher education in north America today is neither cheap or of high quality (for the most part). Skyrocketing tuition fees and the dumbing down of curriculum in our classrooms, in order to accommodate more students, are issues that aren't being examined deeply and thoughtfully enough within mainstream America at this present age. With "higher end" education costing some our best and brightest 100k+ you've really got to wonder what education within this country has come down to. In the end, you've got to remember that "what might be right you, may not be right for some." -"Diff'rent Strokes" theme song montdor1, while I agree that post secondary education is a great opportunity to make something of yourself, I rlly think your missing the point of school (university/college) in general. You make it sound as if life has these very specific, compulsory steps that one must take in order to be happy; one of them being uni/college. I’m sorry but life doesn’t work that way, it never has. And about your comments on “affordable” & “excellent” education–hate to break it to you but higher education in north America today is neither cheap or of high quality (for the most part). Skyrocketing tuition fees and the dumbing down of curriculum in our classrooms, in order to accommodate more students, are issues that aren’t being examined deeply and thoughtfully enough within mainstream America at this present age. With “higher end” education costing some our best and brightest 100k+ you’ve really got to wonder what education within this country has come down to. In the end, you’ve got to remember that “what might be right you, may not be right for some.” -”Diff’rent Strokes” theme song

]]> By: montdor1 http://www.thegrowingroom.net/i-am-dropping-out-of-college/#comment-299 montdor1 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:16:15 +0000 http://www.thegrowingroom.net/?p=73#comment-299 FYI ... by E. Robinson Richard Corey ************* WHENEVER Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean favored, and imperially slim. And he was always quietly arrayed, 5 And he was always human when he talked; But still he fluttered pulses when he said, "Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked. And he was rich—yes, richer than a king, And admirably schooled in every grace: 10 In fine, we thought that he was everything To make us wish that we were in his place. So on we worked, and waited for the light, And went without the meat, and cursed the bread; And Richard Cory, one calm summer night, 15 Went home and put a bullet through his head. FYI … by E. Robinson

Richard Corey
*************
WHENEVER Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.

And he was always quietly arrayed, 5
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
“Good-morning,” and he glittered when he walked.

And he was rich—yes, richer than a king,
And admirably schooled in every grace: 10
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.

So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night, 15
Went home and put a bullet through his head.

]]> By: montdor1 http://www.thegrowingroom.net/i-am-dropping-out-of-college/#comment-298 montdor1 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:09:22 +0000 http://www.thegrowingroom.net/?p=73#comment-298 The world is full of people who dropped out of Graduate School, like Bill Gates. But even had he dropped out of college, as a commentor said he had, and then gone on to found Microsoft anyway, he is a special case because (1) he's a genius, and (2) he pursued the making of Microsoft like Scarface did his own success--exceptionally ruthless, unmatched in his relentlessness. These are personal qualities exceeding virtually all normal people's natural temperaments. We're ordinary people. Just because even 100,000,000 college drop outs "made it" in this world of 6 billion, the numbers and every thing I can think of are against you being happy and "making it" if you drop out. In our country of 300++ million, even, the people you think of as having made it are special people in their own way. But even still, many are not at all "happy" and some even commit suicide. The song Richard Cory (Simon and Garfunkel sing it--it's originally a poem by ?????) recounts the ennui and hidden misery of the idle rich people. Your best chance at happiness comes with education, work and a family. These things all feed you, nurture your personality and mind like mother's milk. Don't forsake what you can have here in America. Your youth will fade, this is absolutely going to happen. You won't have such an easy time of it with no college degree in your thirties. Countries from all over the world send their richest, their best and brightest here to receive higher education and graduate education. We have the best colleges and universities in the world. And you're in one of them and dropping out to pursue happiness? Or because it doesn't agree with you? Join the club. School is hard. Great rewards come from hard work--work and success ARE positively correlated. So why would you walk away? Whatever it is that is really making you leave, get over it! You're not going to be Pablo Picasso, or Billy Joel or Albert Einstein (at least it is not worth risking everything on the possibility). You'll be you, whomever you are. College is the time to start getting set up, graduate school, time to start work for pay and maybe marry, for real, for life, for a family, for your kids, then. Don't throw away the lucky chance that you were born in this country and have entitlements like affordable, excellent higher education. God knows what else you'll cast aside if you do this now. Re-enroll if you already dropped out. Otherwise, don't drop out. I know what I'm talking about. It's like you're running into a raging fire with no protective suit on. You're going seriously burn, witout question, sans enough school. The world is full of people who dropped out of Graduate School, like Bill Gates. But even had he dropped out of college, as a commentor said he had, and then gone on to found Microsoft anyway, he is a special case because (1) he’s a genius, and (2) he pursued the making of Microsoft like Scarface did his own success–exceptionally ruthless, unmatched in his relentlessness. These are personal qualities exceeding virtually all normal people’s natural temperaments. We’re ordinary people. Just because even 100,000,000 college drop outs “made it” in this world of 6 billion, the numbers and every thing I can think of are against you being happy and “making it” if you drop out. In our country of 300++ million, even, the people you think of as having made it are special people in their own way. But even still, many are not at all “happy” and some even commit suicide. The song Richard Cory (Simon and Garfunkel sing it–it’s originally a poem by ?????) recounts the ennui and hidden misery of the idle rich people. Your best chance at happiness comes with education, work and a family. These things all feed you, nurture your personality and mind like mother’s milk. Don’t forsake what you can have here in America. Your youth will fade, this is absolutely going to happen. You won’t have such an easy time of it with no college degree in your thirties.

Countries from all over the world send their richest, their best and brightest here to receive higher education and graduate education. We have the best colleges and universities in the world. And you’re in one of them and dropping out to pursue happiness? Or because it doesn’t agree with you?

Join the club. School is hard. Great rewards come from hard work–work and success ARE positively correlated. So why would you walk away? Whatever it is that is really making you leave, get over it! You’re not going to be Pablo Picasso, or Billy Joel or Albert Einstein (at least it is not worth risking everything on the possibility). You’ll be you, whomever you are. College is the time to start getting set up, graduate school, time to start work for pay and maybe marry, for real, for life, for a family, for your kids, then. Don’t throw away the lucky chance that you were born in this country and have entitlements like affordable, excellent higher education. God knows what else you’ll cast aside if you do this now. Re-enroll if you already dropped out. Otherwise, don’t drop out.

I know what I’m talking about. It’s like you’re running into a raging fire with no protective suit on. You’re going seriously burn, witout question, sans enough school.

]]> By: Q http://www.thegrowingroom.net/i-am-dropping-out-of-college/#comment-297 Q Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:44:57 +0000 http://www.thegrowingroom.net/?p=73#comment-297 The word "drop out" make it sounds like some sort of failure. He's looking for a different path in life. Cool. But there is so much to learn, without the concentrated curriculum in college, it's hard to gather all the knowledge we need. Also, a life of complete freedom and without boundaries has no directions. For a guy like me, I get lost and confused fairly quickly. College seems to be a place to kind of settle down and take sometimes to look around. Life is what you make of it, nothing is bad or good, it all depends on your attitude. Qs last blog post..<a href="http://ma65p.wordpress.com/2008/07/09/some-weird-stats-in-worldpress/" rel="nofollow">Some Weird Stats in Worldpress.</a> The word “drop out” make it sounds like some sort of failure. He’s looking for a different path in life. Cool. But there is so much to learn, without the concentrated curriculum in college, it’s hard to gather all the knowledge we need. Also, a life of complete freedom and without boundaries has no directions. For a guy like me, I get lost and confused fairly quickly. College seems to be a place to kind of settle down and take sometimes to look around.

Life is what you make of it, nothing is bad or good, it all depends on your attitude.

Qs last blog post..Some Weird Stats in Worldpress.

]]> By: Matty http://www.thegrowingroom.net/i-am-dropping-out-of-college/#comment-130 Matty Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:11:16 +0000 http://www.thegrowingroom.net/?p=73#comment-130 @JohnSmith2008 Hey my friend! Thanks for your input. I agree with you in the sense that my college experience has provided me with countless opportunities to travel, meet great people, do great things and has brought me great intelligence. Yet people are all wired differently and this results in a different perception of reality. In Ramon's case he realized that college and himself are like oil and vinegar. By the way, your www.fax.com website! That is some really cool stuff! -Matt Mattys last blog post..<a href="http://www.thegrowingroom.net/i-am-dropping-out-of-college/" rel="nofollow">I Am Dropping Out Of College!</a> @JohnSmith2008

Hey my friend! Thanks for your input. I agree with you in the sense that my college experience has provided me with countless opportunities to travel, meet great people, do great things and has brought me great intelligence. Yet people are all wired differently and this results in a different perception of reality. In Ramon’s case he realized that college and himself are like oil and vinegar.

By the way, your http://www.fax.com website! That is some really cool stuff!
-Matt

Mattys last blog post..I Am Dropping Out Of College!

]]> By: JohnSmith2008 http://www.thegrowingroom.net/i-am-dropping-out-of-college/#comment-126 JohnSmith2008 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:53:42 +0000 http://www.thegrowingroom.net/?p=73#comment-126 The world is full of people who drop out of college. Some go on to form companies like Microsoft and Apple. Many live meaningful and productive lives. And for sure there are plenty of people with college degrees who are wasting their formal education. You can make your college experience as relevant or as pointless as you want. But to throw away a perfectly good chance to learn knowledge and skills that could help you for the rest of your life seems silly. My college education opened doors for me that I never would have dreamed possible. The world is full of people who drop out of college. Some go on to form companies like Microsoft and Apple. Many live meaningful and productive lives. And for sure there are plenty of people with college degrees who are wasting their formal education.

You can make your college experience as relevant or as pointless as you want. But to throw away a perfectly good chance to learn knowledge and skills that could help you for the rest of your life seems silly. My college education opened doors for me that I never would have dreamed possible.

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