Do you have any regrets regarding your education?
Do you wish you had gone farther? Do you wish you'd stopped sooner? Changed a major? Went to trade school instead? Etcetera.
26-30, F
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malaki11 · 31-35, M
Yes I do. I never took my studies seriously despite being hit daily at school and having to bring my parents or extended family helping raise me back to school so I could come back and apologize for in the whole class for wasting everyone's collective time. I was sent to cram school and extra lessons until at least 10 o'clock at night as is very common here but didn't take those seriously either b/c I I had to be forced to be still, shut the hell up, and actually learn something and got hit daily also for not doing homework or paying attention while sitting still. I changed my school report book that was supposed to be taken home and signed weekly frequently to deceive and stay out of trouble. My parents forced me to apply and go to university if I wanted to stay living in their home though. I got a civil engineering degree while my very intelligent and studious younger sister wrote my academic papers and did my homework just to please my parents. I regret that I never truly learned anything b/c I was too hyper and lazy.
quietlitany · 36-40, M
Well, as a kid yea, but I was an undisciplined, misguided, hyperactive know-nothing. I paid for it when I went to college. I was so behind on my maths, that my sciences were screwed, so STEM fields were out of the question. Oh I tried. Spent 2 years in college trying to catch up, but I was too far behind and the GI BILL is only 50,000. So I switched to something I know: law and procedure. Got a 3.7 GPA and will graduate next year.
quietlitany · 36-40, M
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@quietlitany True, I tried to learn carpentry but it got too complicated for me which bothered me at times
quietlitany · 36-40, M
@SW-User It is complicated, especially when you have to apply it to an even more complex situation. I come from a family of carpenters and plumbers, but got cut off from that. Normally, that's where a mentor helps you, but schools aren't geared towards mentoring children. It's all about dat college, yo
A real disservice in reality.
A real disservice in reality.
SpaceCreature · 26-30, F
Bandit2398 · 51-55, M
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Wish I had money to travel and be a translator, to study it and many languages. Here it's not something easy to find or profitable... I am from south America. I still can learn languages though
JRVanguard · 26-30, M
Stopped sooner. I went to college for two weeks(not my decision) and wish I had never gone. I have changed to trade school since
Byron8by7 · M
I wish I had gone further.
