And, this is how I feel today. Channeling the Serenity Prayer.
I am having one of those days where I feel like all of the money and time I put into college was a huge waste of time. Endless hours trying to be the perfect student and have the perfect paper and the best project mean nothing. Having to have A’s (I ended up having a nervous breakdown due to stress and had to drop every class for a semester) so I could get into the best graduate school so I could get into the best PhD program were a needless burden on my physical and mental health. I got into the graduate school and realized it wasn’t what I wanted.
Right now, I’m not using any of the skills from college and the things I am going to be learning to move up are not things college teach.
Thank you for reading my rant. Just having a moment of the “poor me’s.” I hearts you guys.
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January 14, 2010 at 3:28 pm
kaitechnolust
I know how you feel. I have a BS in Chemistry with a Pre-Med focus. In other words I wanted to go to Med school, and instead of majoring in Biology like every other med student, I majored in Chemistry (because it’s MUCH harder, but gives you an edge over other applicants.) Then I got a job doing shit with computers, because that’s what I did to pay bills while in college. I have never had a job in Chemistry, but the fact that I have a degree (and a difficult to obtain one at that) in a Science opens a lot of doors for me. I guess it’s better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.
January 14, 2010 at 3:33 pm
Windsor Grace
Having my degree doesn’t open a lot of doors for me. ‘sigh’
January 15, 2010 at 10:19 pm
Melissa
I don’t know if it’s worse that you aren’t using your degree or that I got my degree, got a job in that field, burned out in 3 years, got another job, have grown to dislike that job in less than 2 years and now spend all my free time trying to figure out to make a living by knitting. Needless to say, that’s not going too well.