Just don't see the point anymore...

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I could do my A levels and go to university when I'm older, but lately I've been feeling like there's just no point in trying. I can't really put it into words, I just feel that it would be a lot less trouble just to leave school at 16 and get any job that'll take me on, before I can get my writing published. But then my brain tells me that this would in fact be a lot MORE trouble, obviously. I just don't know where I'm going anymore.

Sounds like you need a break, and are just really worn down.

Do you have a lot of extracurricular activities going on? See if you can take a break from anything that isn't required of you.

If just some good old fashioned "relaxing" doesn't help talk to you parents about it and see if they have any suggestions for you. If your parents can't give you any decent advice or see anything that would be wearing you down talk to your doctor to make sure it isn't some sort of chemical imbalance thing or anything more than just being over-stressed.

If I were you I'd stay in school. I recently dropped out (really recently) and now I don't feel up to anything.
I'm unemployed and not interested in furthering my education at all. I'd say it may be pointless, but if you
change you mind after not continuing eduction it can be difficult to turn back.

yeah, I get this thought too sometimes, like, Charles Bukowski was a bloody postman, why do I bother looking for an ambitious job? why did I have to suffer through uni (and it really was a nightmare on all accounts)?

then I get realistic though- with my attention span it would be a super-success if I managed to finish one short story before my 80th birthday.

you could always try taking a part-time degree and working on weekdays...?

I lost my ambition halfway thru college, and then went back, slowly, which I'm glad I did. I know two people I went to high school and college with who went on to graduate school to pursue advanced degrees. One works for the California government seeking "grid" energy alternatives and the other is a pediatrician. Both are much, much happier with their jobs than I am. Do what you can to psych yourself into staying in school, you will be better off in the long run.

buuu-huuhuhu...

1. A degree makes you more attractive, professionally and socially.
2. Working at a crap job makes me stupid. (I had real jobs before.)
I didn't try it unti I was 50 years old, and it's the most degrading thing I've ever done.
When I'm surrounded by idiots and the boss treats me like an idiot, and I quickly become so confused that I can't even figure out how to do the job itself.

If you need a break from college, at least keep one foot in the door.
Like take at least one night course, all the time, and promise yourself
that you'll go back and finish as soon as you can.
Or transfer to another school. That might shake things up.

Edit: I missed the part about being 16. Never mind.

Last edited by Tahitiii on 04 Feb 2009, 8:50 pm, edited 2 times in total.

Let see, what will happen, if you leave school without your A-levels most likely?

You will slip from one badly paid job to the other, always employed that you can be replaced within 24 hours. Your writing can pay off - perhaps not. Would finishing school and university stopping you from writing? How much you think you be able to write after eight hours in factory or pricing out cans at Tesco's.

Perhaps I would suggest something: Finish your A-levels and work for a few months in factory or anywhere else. I did so when I was 19 for just two months and it was quite a shock. After two month putting each day some 1000's little parts into bigger boxes, I was certain not spend the rest of my live this way.