Thinking of droping out of college , would love some advice on my situatuion?

Ok guys about me, Im 20 years old, I took a year out to travel and work and I love surfing , travel and the outdoors , also I am a peoples person , I love meeting new cultures traveling and working hands on with poepel on a 1 to 1 or group basis ,I'm never going to work infornt of a computer ;).


Im attending college in Ireland, Im 3 months into my first year and I reale dont think the course is for me , Im lucky here because education is extreamly cheap (a grand a year ), I no thats not free but compared to the US its pretty good . and allows so much more freedom to do things like this ,however my financial situation is not one to sffect my descision . Also in Ireland once you turn 23 you can return to college as a mature student and study anything you want no matter what your grades were in secondary school ,


So I have a great job that I will be taking up full time if I drop out its in a very succesful oudoors shop ( surfing sailing skiing etc) ,The work is great , im working in an area where I have actual interest and common ground with the customers , aslo its not just a 9-5 I am in a position where i can organise events and competitons and reale get involved , also I am signing up for night courses in things that I am actuay interested in , the first is teaching english as a foreign language (for traveling in the future) and the second is photography , ill also be progressing with my diving until I reach instructure-ship level .


So to sum it up I wanto perspone colege for a year or two, work hard , continue my education through night courses , travel and not just settle for a course I didnt put much thought into . many people rush through college and into a career, and thats great when it works . But for me I wanto become educated by the world before I decide who I am and what I wanto do, I wanto expierence as much as I can with my time, and rite now Im feeling like im not making the most of it.





I would love to hear peoples thoughts on my situaion , good or bad .





Thanks for reading guys .Thinking of droping out of college , would love some advice on my situatuion?
you could just take a break from collage until your in perfact condition to go back.Thinking of droping out of college , would love some advice on my situatuion?
Your spelling is horrible. Why don't you focus on what you are good at, which is obviously not writing, communication or English? You could always try becoming a surf instructor or an outdoor guide. Please do everyone a favor and forget about teaching ESOL. Maybe try signing with a temp agency and seeing what they could find for you? Maybe they would have an idea of some more ';alternative'; jobs which don't require a lot of thought. Just a thought :)
Hello, how are you today? Good for you for giving the topic some thought, as I think many people have similar thoughts at some point in their lives. A couple of points come to mind:





First, the easiest time to get a university degree is when you are young, single and have not yet taken on too many responsibilities, such as spouse, family, large housing expenses, etc. So the age you are now is your golden opportunity. Once you begin a career, you will be busy all the time, and it will be MAJOR conflict to take time away and sit in class. You would likely be able to go only part-time, and this will at least double the time it would take to get that university degree. There is, at least in the United States, also a tremendous increase in earnings for those with university degrees over those who have only high school (secondary) education...something like 4.5 times the earning potential over your 40 year career. Many jobs require a university degree as a requirement for even getting an interview, so not having one will close you out of MANY opportunities. That being said, commercial diving is also a professional-caliber career, and probably doesn't require any university time at all, so if this is what you want to do, then you know the answer...you can probably skip the university, and no one will care...your technical training and certifications will be of much greater interest to employers, and source of pride for yourself.





Second, I would like to concur with Elizabeth (I think it was her) who suggested that you not consider teaching English as a 2nd language. Based on your writing sample here, you would not be seriously considered for the position, as the sentence structure, grammar, spelling and punctuation are all quite bad. If you did teach English, it could not be any kind of formal setting, such as a school, and you could only teach spoken conversational English, but not written English...yours is just too bad.