Education, quitters and drop-outs

I was speaking with somebody, myself, lately about this matter. We agreed that telling a person they're a loser isn't nice but telling them you're a quitter, doesn't fit in the same category. When you're a quitter it's simply naming your role in quitting something. It's descriptive. Thus, it is not insult. I have a been a quitter in the past but not a drop-out.

Education is under estimated by a lot of today's youth. The appeal of making good money by the quickest means possible is the most tempting route. I'll respect anyone who picks a trade. I have a trade of my own. I have a Secretarial diploma and I worked in that field for 3 years. I was making over 35K a year, 10 years ago. I even have a collegial diploma in Event productions which I work in the field afterward for 5 years. For example, I was a show manager for a kids' show and toured the states back in 2004 and 2005. I've put my education to used... are you thinking : "Good for you!" Well, you're damn right!

Now, throughout the jobs that I do, I went back to University which I started back in 2001. Yeah, yeah, it was 9 years ago. I was attending part-time until 2008. Now, I'm a full-time student. It doesn't make me younger and I know it now every day I step in class. Almost everyone in class is 10 years younger but I'm still going. The age can become a factor if you let it get to you. Apart from the number itself, you realize pass 30 that your brain doesn't function in the same ways then when you were in your early 20's. You redefine all your learning and memory strategies, and alertness levels aren't the same either. That's psychologically. Physically, eyes and hearing aren't the same to say the least. Then, you have life experience. For life experience: I'm talking about debts, relationships and kids. Finding the means financially to go back to get a "higher" education demands talent, research and resources. Older you get, you ain't dependent on "Mommy and Daddy" anymore. You fend for yourself if you're alone... have kids, you fend for them as well. I met plenty of mothers attending school full-time, single or not, especially during the evening classes. These women were pulling it off and kicking some arse.

Throughout the years, average young adults I've seen attending classes are freshly out of cégep, for Quebec, or High School else where. They're still living with their parents, or financially still attached to them, or freshly going out on their own. They're 100% healthy and they don't have kids. Half of them are at University because it's "the thing to do", the other half know why they are there. For the former half: these are those who are more susceptible to quit. All majors and programs contain introduction classes to give a good idea of what's the road for the next few years. If quitting occurs in or after the first year, I can totally understand. It's not what expected or wanted. Go for the trade. Take a break (it can be several years). Go party hardy and blow your mind away. The latter is what I did between 1996-1999. That's what the early 20's are for but I worked hard to. Proof earlier with different diploma and certificates.

But if you're deciding to quit after more than half of your major or program and you only have one year left because it's hard; because your grades aren't what expected; because the boyfriend/girlfriend isn't going to be with you... You're a fucking idiot and drop-out from my perspective! Considering all of the above, you're a fucking moron. There's one year left - A year goes by so fast. Canadian teenagers and young adults have the opportunity, today, through our government system (even crooked as it is) and our school system's resources to find the means to last and pass that last year; the means to complete and obtain that diploma. Work is required because it won't be given to you.

You're lazy and an drop-out. That's my opinion!

How to reconnect...

I haven't written anything for so long... Yet, I have this urge, now, to write. I had all good intentions of keeping this idea of a blog up to date. Write these original stories in this self-centered world, where I am sole ruler... bla bla bla!

I'm not a creative writer. I have a creative mind but exteriorizing it isn't my best suit. So I say "to hell" with it. The idea was good... I've noticed it happens to all bloggers. Our minds just go blank.

I'll keep the blog at a simplest form - it will be a journal. Period­.