ok, so i just graduated highschool and have already decided to take a year off from school, so no changing my mind about that. But what i want to know is if u went to college and if so, what did u get from it and ur current job? and if u didnt go, what have u done? Any relatvies that didnt go? and what are they doing? My dad went to a tech school, and all he is still working in retail. My mom took 2 years off, and she still has a good job working on computers in a hospital.

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well my dad didn't go to college and has been a truck driver for over 25 years my mom went for 4 years but has never used her degree for anything because the job she wanted didn't exist where she was then and she never changed when it did

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taking a year off is a bad idea unless you are independently wealthy or planning to live with mom and dad for the rest of your life... going back to school is tough and the later you wait the harder it is!!!! been there done that... I went to a community college right out of high school for the summer... taking two classes that were gonna transfer... what they called university studies classes... then right into the 4 yr program.. and dummy me.. could not get along with one of the professors ... imagine that...lol anyhow.. had to have his class to get degree.. so I changed majors... so enter the 5 yr plan.. well after changing from puter programming to biology... then the deeper in chemistry I got... the more I wanted to go into chemistry... chemistry led to physics.. sooooooo figure out what You want to do.. and stick with it! before my last year I got a phone call, and doctors told my mom that my dad had 6 months to 3 yrs to live.. so I did not finish the degree... went back home.. got a job.. and the doctors were wrong! my dad still is alive today... soooo My mistake... pissed it away.. after a few yrs working in a factory, getting married getting 2 kids.. I took a apprenticeship... and with it ...back to school.. not easy, but I got back into it and got the 2 yr degree... thought why not finish the 4 yr degree now... lemme tell ya.. it is not easy to go back to a 4 yr program ( I only needed 2 credit hours of B work) the professor, well he did not want me there, and I did not have boobs... so I ended up dropping out of his class, disgusted with it all... I have spent 18 yrs as a tool and die maker.. not regretting that, I have learned much at this trade.. But I would not trade it for the yrs I spent in college, there is much to learn about yourself there, not just the classwork, or the beer parties, you are on your own and learn how to do that.. make mistakes, and hopefully learn from them. If you wait... the saying is " he who hesitates is lost." today YOU will need at least a 2 yr degree to get any job work having... employers don't care what your degree is in, just that you have what it takes to finish it! I work at a tire manufacturer, not goodyear ... we have several guys with 4 yr degrees building tires, and one with a masters... do they need it to build tires...no... but they have it. jobs are gonna get hard to find, credit will be hard to get, you need to get into school and get that degree!!!!! asap! go back for continued education throughout life... do it for yourself! nothing wrong with trade schools, but you typecast yourself, say a plumber ... you will be a plumber your whole life.. just hard to change trades.. I make pretty good money doing tool and die, but I am trapped at it.. If I change jobs, I have to take a pretty substantial pay cut... got divorced, paying child support... with how the court systems work, if I changed jobs, and took a pay cut... It could be 8 months before they would reduce the support ... so making less, paying out the same... a no win situation.. trapped.. and advancement to say engineering? nah, they hire kids fresh out of school for that.. and I gotta train them ??? lol just don't seem right... the thing is... they don't want me out of my job... they would have to replace me... and that is hard to do when you have that much job experience... I really encourage all younger, fresh out of high schoolers.. get into college, trade schools, something, apprenticeships, anything ... If you wait, someone fresh out of school will get it over you! they want go getters... You can start college in general studies til you find something you want to do.. well off the soapbox choose wisely!!!!! life don't hand out redos!!!

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My Mom never went to college and she's been working at the same local factory for almost 15 years, my Dad never went to college either and he's been working at Jeld-Wen Windows and Doors for some 10 years or so. My sister was gonna go to college to become a hair dresser and such but she gave that all up to get married. My brother never graduated from high school and now he's a cook/Supervisor at a local resturant. I want to go to college after I graduate and become a Auto Mechanic, I'd be the first one in my family to go to college. Around here, if you don't go to college and actually do something with your life you'll end up working at a factory forever.
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well fourwheeling, the only problem I see with what ya said is that factory jobs are going away, the next generation may not have the option to work in a factory for their whole life.. unless ya wanna live in china, india, sri lanka or some where like that.. and they are forecasting that we may run out of oil in about 40 yrs.. that will certainly change how economic growth affects industry.. just more to think about.. even jobs where you ask if you want fries with that will be tough to get, if people don't have jobs they won't have money for fast food either.. highly suggest getting a technical or medical background.... good luck!

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My mom went to a 2 year college and did assistant dental work (paid for 1/2 of mine and my brother's braces while insurence paid for the other 1/2). She went back to school to be a teacher when I was in high school and she still does that now. My dad went to college for business, he has working in banking for well over 30 years and has made $$$$$$$$ (lets just say lots of $). So they both used their degrees. They just purchased a vacation home in North Carolina this week

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My own story is a bit different. I went to college wanting to be a film director. By the end of my first year I saw cooler stuff out there and really enjoyed my anthropology classes I took. So I went all the way with that, got a BA, went to Belize and Mexico for 3 months to do achaeology. Then I decided I didn't want to leave Orlando at the time (due to my boyfriend-future husband). So I got a bank job and worked for a year. Then my mom said I had better do something with my life, either go to grad school like my degree required or get a new career. So I did the hard one, got a new career. I went back to school got a 2nd BA in communication disorders and on August 2nd I will be the first in my family to get a masters degree. To work in Speech Language Pathology you must have your masters and be certified. I wouldn't trade my experiences for anything but ... while my friends are graduating and starting out with their life at age 23, I am 27 and hear by biological clock ticking, I don't own my own home and so on. I do feel like I lagged behind and if I done this career to begin with I think about how much $ I could have right now instead of being 27 and broke. But if you want to think of Speech Pathology as a career I'm not accepting less than $50k starting out

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Yeah my Mom doesn't know how much longer our Rockwell Automation will be around, word has it their not doing to good. But it just seems like all the 18 year olds and stuff around here don't want to leave home or they wait on going to college so they get factory jobs...I'm really interested in Automotive and Engineering stuff so I hope I can go further with that after high school...

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