What Would You Do In This Situation?
Well this is kinda long, but I hope you don’t get too bored….
So my freshman year of high school, my parents pulled my out right after the first semester was over. I was then held back, and later homeschooled, where I was completely cut off from any friendships that I had prior to being pulled out.( So I’ve been without friends for a year and a half,,And being a very social person, this was pretty harsh.) Well. Now they have decided to let me go back to highschool, but before I believed that was an option, they presented me with a new idea. And that was to take my GED, and go to the local college and get my CNA in nursing, then work for a few months until I figure out what I wanted for a career. ( And I know this is possible, so don’t tell me otherwise, please.) And I was planning on doing this before they said they would allow me to go back to highschool. (Which I don’t really understand why they would consider college and not highschool…but whatever.) But now I’m don’t know what to do. Because there are benefits that I want from going to highschool, and also from going to college that I had never thought of before. And this is a major decision so I need to be sure.
Some benefits of going to highschool are; proms and dances, social activities, watching and participating in sports, friends, boys, ect.
Some benefits of going to college are; ….money..
And I know that might sound shallow, BUT I have major plans involving my future that I could NOT do without money. I”m going to be one of those people that travel the world and experience EVERYTHING. Literally.. And I want to get on with doing all these things as soon as I can, which I know wont be till I’m like 22, but it would be later if I went to highschool. Anyway, I don’t want to be one of those 40 year old wanna-be’s who are just getting out and living.
So the point is, the sooner I go to college, the sooner I will be living my dream, but I also don’t really want to miss out on highschool. Take into account that social-ness is a HUGE deal to me..
And do you think the people at college would treat me weird cuz they’re so much older and more mature, or do you think it wouldn’t be that big of a deal? ( I’m 16)
I have people in my family who have very different opinions on what they think I should do, but I have no clue what I want to do. Because being very social and making money are so important to me, it’s hard to kind of throw one of them away, so to speak.
Part of me feels like by going to college I would be growing up too fast, (and thats bad for a person who wants to stay young forever) and part of me feels like I’m getting a huge advantage over everyone else, and that I’m getting that much closer to my dream. So what would you do in my situation?? I need help on this so lots of answers..PLEASE! …Thanks in advance!
you’ve pretty well summed up all the pros and cons both ways in your question. So you have to weigh them all and decide obviously. But, to just throw some thoughts at you: Whether it’s 22 or 24 that you finish college, that’s not much difference! Those two years won’t affect you that much later… but you can never get back two years of high school! Also… I think you WOULD be treated differently by your peers at college – if you started college at such an early age.