Is it normal to want to leave my life at home behind

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I'm in my second year of college(1st year of a new course) and I'm going to fail. College has depressed to fuck out of me and as a result I'm failing for absence. There's no hope of me going back to college and I think emigrating is the only thing left for me.

I don't know how to tell my family that I'm failing and won't be going back to college next year. Am I being crazy or is it normal to think like this? Has anyone gone through anything similar? How can I tell them I want to leave?

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  • Angelandme
    7 years ago

    Telling your parents their kid isn't cut out for college can be hard but you will get through it if it comes to that. I left college because they stressed group work and I always failed those assignments ever since middle school. The way my classes turned out one in particular was so ackward I knew even if I got the material and could complete the solo a sign men's well and easily college wasn't for me.
    The teacher asked us to get into pairs of two and one of us turn around while the other removes an article of clothing and then th ether one turns around to guess what they took off, she said that the excersize would continue even if it reached the point that someone had such few articles of clothing on that they'd be down to their boxers and I said to myself fuck that.
    Luckily I live a frugal life, I don't care for much all I need bg me is my woman, good food and an apartment to stay in and my two cats.
    If you are a frugal person leaving college won't affect you much.
    You must consider how you are living now. If you use money a lot and are accustomed to that lifestyle you should try harder at college or...get a guy who's been to college :/

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  • Justmehere
    7 years ago

    Just tell them, college may not be for everyone, including me, and I'm done. Will get a job and figure things out from there, but right now, maybe ever, college isn't for me.

    I had a few roommates in college who, while not bad guys, just had no business being there. One guy, good dude..We'd go eat together, shoot hoops..Got along well. But, if he had an exam or even mid-term, and it was a nice day, he'd go lay out and tan on the hill instead of taking the exam. Just wasn't made to be a college student.

    If you're going to bail out or fail, you have to have some sort of general game plan. Leaving with no idea what's next is a bad idea, and your parents don't want to hear that. Let them know it's not their fault, just that, like I said..College may not be for everyone.

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    • ireland96
      7 years ago

      That's some great advice justmehere. Thank you so much

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      • Justmehere
        7 years ago

        No problem. I knew a few people, male and female, like that. Old roommate guy really was a good dude, just not right for college. Girl I went to hs with, and, lived across the street from my parent's house, spent one semester on campus with me (not with me..same college). I'd see her, and, besides her immediate question of "are you going home this weekend?", all she'd tell me was about parties, this guy, that guy..Never this class, that exam. She was another one..College just wasn't for her.

        Set yourself even a starting game plan, then tell your family, hey..College may not be for me, right now or ever. Here's what I'm going to do.

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  • ireland96
    7 years ago

    Yeah I totally see what you mean. How did you break it to them? I just feel like such a dick for doing this twice to my parents along with the fact that I'll have to leave them. I'm currently at home from college this weekend and all I want to do is tell my folks but I just can't. I'm quite frugal and hard working so I'd like to thing I'd do ok.

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    • peterrabbyt69
      7 years ago

      Wait until they find out you are a queer!!!

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      • ireland96
        7 years ago

        That was helpful

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  • satanniggasandpopsicle
    7 years ago

    if you dont want to go to college just tell them

    its your life

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