Im in a complicated situation now... im in full time education, living with my mum. after many many arguements (she hates my dad and thinks im like him/ maybe even him) she said shes going to leave me to fend for myself... even if im 17 and in education atm. so im thinking... get a evening job, and carry on living in this shithole untill im like 26 and finish university and become like a qualified architect ... (im currently studying engineering) or just quit, get a job, save up enough for a plane ticket and just go somewhere.... i know everyone says finish your education and so... but i dont think i can here... i hate the UK so much - all the time here has been a rollercoaster from depression to depression to almost attempted suicide to fucking depression again.i hate everything about this place. its an overpriced, damp, cold, grey and horrible piece of land surrounded by freezing water. i always wanted to live in the states, somewhere warm - where i could learn to surf etc - like maybe cali or florida or such... im thinking, maybe it wouldnt be so bad if just continued my studies there and got an evening job, afterall life is cheaper there. but i know its a different educational system, so i risk meeting wrong requirements etc. also im basicly in college now, american college seems more like University here... i dont know im just sick and tired and now i have to make this radical alteration... its really hard to find a job here and i just so badly want to run as far from here, maybe even say fuck all to school - go to canada and grow pot for a living. =/
Tell your mom to grow the fuck up and start taking care of her god damn children. Finish school. After you get the degree you can do whatever the fuck you want.
Do really well in school and get a full ride to a college in the states, its hard but hey anything is possible. Otherwise since that fairytale most likely wont happen, Life handed you a shitty situation and I can almost guarantee its not going to be easy. But if you work your ass off its def possible to make a living without finishing college and many people have worked their way through college as well. If you chose the no college route you really have to just be dedicated to advancing your life, and be okay with starting out at a MUCH lower rung on the totem pole than someone would if they had a degree.
well i heard of these study at home schemes, like maybe working at day, studying at nighttime and taking some sort of exam and getting a homestudy degree...?? my mum is a stupid person, im not being a typical teenager < anyone who knows me here can hopefully admit im not one of those omfg joo took my fone i hate u bitch type of people. her mother is a shizoid and a complete fucking crazy old person, and my mum is slowly turning into her i think. she tried to throw me out many times when her emotions would go loose, but it was about smaller things - like me sometimes getting into shit etc. now i full on told her what i think her problem was, and so did she. my dad is in spain, i could possibly go live there - but it would be really hard to learn a new language and go to college at the same time.i know if i just bit my teeth really hard id get through it all here, and in like 10 years would have good potential anywhere in the world, but i just dont want to ruin those 10 years. i dont want to completely miss out on the best age of my life because im in a dump using all my spare time on studies or work or sleep.
I say go to spain. From what I have heard Spanish is one of the easier languages to learn. My buddy went to Spain and France for the summer and said Spain was an awesome time. He was doing it for school credits too so when they weren't smoking hash or drinking cannabis absinthe they were learning Spanish and doing whatever else the program involved.
I say go to spain. The states is having financial problems, so finding a job may be hard. I know people that have gone to spain and they said spanish was fairly easy to learn. While an education is a good thing to have, it isn't necessary. You can work your way up in the world without much of an education, just learning things as you go. it may be harder, but the decision is yours to make. Your mother sounds kinda crazy, so getting away from here is probably a good thing.
