WTF should I do

fnordsnord · 2015-03-27T19:56:08+00:00

You can't do all of that at once. You simply don't have the resources. If you want to move out, you find the best job you can and bust your ass to pay rent. You will then not be able to afford school and be stuck in a shit job for the foreseeable future.

Or you join the army. They pay you while they train you.

Or you swallow your pride, apologize to your parents and ask them for another chance, and then quick dicking around and succeed in school.

Compromise: apologize to your parents and ask them for another chance, get the best PART TIME job you can and go to school part time.

1NV0K3R · 2015-03-27T20:10:32+00:00

Huh, I have a BS and I went to school full time and worked full time.

Quit dicking around is what you should do.

vox_veritas · 2015-03-27T21:26:00+00:00

Why did you post this in askTRP?

PurpleDan · 2015-03-27T23:21:54+00:00

Pussy

Merwebb · 2015-03-28T02:42:49+00:00

Man your parents have all the reasons in the world to give you shit. Focus on school dammit. Man up.

Lemme ask you, whar reasons made you fuck last quarters?

ChoppaChoppa · 2015-03-28T06:03:13+00:00

I've actually been in a pretty similar situation to this, I think I can offer some advice. I'm 30 now, but when I was 22 I was kicked out of my second year of university for two consecutive semesters on academic probation. Failed 4/5 classes. My parents paid for everything, too.

It's hard to know what you want to do when you're 20yrs old, so how are you supposed to commit and dedicate yourself to school? My advice - take a year off and move out. Get a real job, pay all your own bills and do that for a year. Seriously, take that year and travel and do everything you want to do (Spoiler alert: you won't be able to afford fuck all and you'll struggle to keep your head above water and out of debt). Work a 40-60hr work week for at least a year at a job that pays you appropriately for the marketable skills you have. Have shitty room-mates and a busted car that always needs repairs.

If you're anything like me, that year will be a real wake up call and all the motivation you need to figure what you want to do in school and succeed. Then approach your parents with your hat in your hand and tail between your legs and say "I've learned a lot in the last year, and I am 100% totally committed to success in school so that I can have a career I don't hate." If they paid for you the first time, I'm willing to bet they'll do it again because that's what they want for you, too.

That's what happened to me. I went from being known as the guy who was at every party and knew all the girls to the guy that basically lived in the 24hr Study Center. I did so fucking well on the end of that degree that I took another one and finished it in 2/3 of the normal time, and my then-employer paid for it.

That's what I would do. I was in your situation, and being kicked out for a year changed everything for me. It made me grow up from the 22 year old shit head that I was (not saying you are, but I would love to go back and give myself a fucking smack) to a guy who makes significantly more than any of my peers now because of the effort and time I put into school back then. A paid for education is a ridiculous thing to waste.

By the way, I notice you're the one who commented "srs, OP is so beta it's painful" on my post the other day. I may not be perfect and have everything together, but I do know I was in your shoes almost a decade ago myself. This is sound, solid advice from a person who's been through your problem. Want to get out from living with your parents and be able to have nice material shit in your life by age 30? Focus intensely on school and you can have it by 25 or 27.

Good luck.

WTF should I do

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Title	WTF should I do
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Date	March 27, 2015 7:48 PM UTC (11 years ago)
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