The future?

[Clogz]

Right now, I could just scream. Here I am, at a point in my life where everyone seems to want to be. Well, I'm not everyone and I don't want to be here. I hate this.

'This' would be the end of high school. The end of it all. I'll walk down an aisle, get my diploma, and that will be it. But right now, I could scream at the top of my lungs, because I don't want it. I don't want my diploma, I don't want to graduate, I don't want any of this shit.

Now, I'm expected to have a 'plan'. I have to have the rest of my whole life charted out, from college and onward, and I'm not even out of high school. I'm fucking eighteen years old and my parents and friends are chewing me out for not knowing where I want to go to college, for not reading up on colleges, for not doing this and that.

Well, I have to get this out of me, and all I can say to colleges, SATs, federal aid, scholorships, student loans, the government, my school, my parents, my friends....FUCK YOU!

I'm just a kid, damn it. You expect me to be able to deal with all this? I'm just trying to graduate high school, not plan out every minute of my life. Screw you!

All I'd like to say is that 1. No, I haven't applied for college yet, 2. No, I haven't visited any colleges yet, 3. I have only taken the SAT once, and 4. No, I don't have a plan, and your bitching at me to come up with one will not change it. Screw You.

 

Is there anyone else who went through this thier senior year, or is going through this now? I really need some help because this is affecting my whole life...including my grades and my relationship. If someone could please help, I'd really appreciate it. And if not, thanks for reading...it means something to me.

[LP186]

i know what your saying cause i felt the same way when i graduate from high school 3 years ago

and in the last 3 years i personally learnt a lot, and one of which is that its important to think a few steps ahead

and i know that you just want to take it one step at a time, but if you dont gave a goal or what you wanna do or where you wanna be in the next 5 years

you'll just be at a stuck

 

Clogz, you'll like the smartest person on this forum, and i know you dont wanna be at a stuck...

[Clogz]

Well, I do know what I want out of life. I want to go into Journalism, and hopefully make enough money to write a book and see what happens. Just writing...if I can write for money, I will be happy.

This is my goal, but I don't have anything else really. All I'll have to my name at the end of this high school year will be a diploma and a dream...and everyone is telling me that even waiting a year to go to college (which is what I want to do) will "screw me over" and that "it'll make you look bad" and "if you don't do it now, you never will."

[LP186]

Don’t let those people discourage you

No one knows what you want apart for yourself

If you wanna be Journalism, go ahead

Do things that you know are gonna make you happy

Persevere, and you’ll always get what you want

[Cloud]

Hey im 14 and im begining to realise that its not easy, the amount of tests im gettin right is ridiculous and horrid. so alhtough im not feeling it as bad i know im going to... so i guess ur not the only one.

 

But the way i look at it is, if you do all this stuff, only a few people do dont forget u r gonna become better off... being rich is a nice idea and im gonna rok to it...

 

good luck dude!

[twilightcrimson7]

I'm a sophomore, and I know exactly how you feel. Like, you expressed it perfectly. But instead of anger I feel really sad. I mean, in one sense, I want to go out and life my life, but on the other, I don't know how, and I don't want to know how.

So what's after graduation?

College.

Okay, but after college.

What, you spend the rest of your life doing the same thing over and over again, marry, have kids and grow old?

NO NO NO

I don't want that. I really don't, but I'm at the point of no return. But up ahead, the road splits, and I don't know which way to take. *sigh* all these colleges are emailing me, sending me mail, my honors teacher is talking about it constantly, some of my friends already know where they want to go.

I want to do everything, I want to learn everything. I don't want to travel down one path the rest of my life. I don't want marriage, and I don't want fucking kids.

I act like I've got it all down, and that I know what I'm doing, but I'm not, and I almost fooled myself.

I'm terrifyed of college. Petrified.

[Black_Angel]

I've never had those feelings (maybe because I'm only in Year 10), but I can't wait to go to 6th form college. I can't wait to go to university. I can't wait to start working and move away from home. Anything is better than school, after school you're treated like an adult, not some stupid kid. I know, work gets even harder after you leave school, but at least you're treated like a grown adult, a sensible member of society.

[LPGotLinkinPark]

I sorta know how you feel. I'll be 9th grade next year. And my schools stress all this career planning from an early age. They want us to have our life planned out by now. They want us to know what classes we're going to take all through high school & know what we want to go to college for. Well that's good for some people. They know exactly what they want to do. I'm just lost & confused. I don't know what I want to do.

 

I suggest just doing what you enjoy. Go to some good journalism school if that's what you want to do. I don't think taking a year off before college would hurt you. It might even help you. If you get out in the real world before having to jump straight into work & school & all that stress.

[Cloud]

GotLinkinPark?']I sorta know how you feel. I'll be 9th grade next year. And my schools stress all this career planning from an early age. They want us to have our life planned out by now. They want us to know what classes we're going to take all through high school & know what we want to go to college for. Well that's good for some people. They know exactly what they want to do. I'm just lost & confused. I don't know what I want to do.

 

I suggest just doing what you enjoy. Go to some good journalism school if that's what you want to do. I don't think taking a year off before college would hurt you. It might even help you. If you get out in the real world before having to jump straight into work & school & all that stress.

 

yea that good. A year is hardly nothing at all! in LIFE but seems like a nice long relax from pressure, seems long but it isnt... Hope you understand :thumbsup:

[Stenners]

Well i'm under real preassure to know what im doing next year! I'm gonna apply for further education n stuff but even with that im not over sure. I hated the past year having to plan the next year all year long sucked!!

 

I'm in my last year of college and I dont likee it! I want to go back to high school, the simple fun times! School years are the best years of your life if u said that to me like 5 years ago I would of slapped you!

[Xblackwidow20X]

1st of all i feel old lol. im 22 and my senior year i glanced at colleges. i got yelled at for not doing more. then the middle of my senior year my mom had cancer and she was going to die. so pressure. yeah i know pressure. i had to deal with trying to graduate, seeing my mom dieing,wondering if she will make it to my graduation, and on top of it trying to find a college to go to. i ended up graduating and getting a job. until about 6 monthes later my mom died. then i withdrew and had no need to go to college cuz my world was over. then my dad and i did not get along. how can you get along with a drunk? so he kinda kicked me out and now i live with my bf.

 

so to sum it up. theres more pressure and more. you have to get use to it now. cuz things come up and you cant do anything to change them. you can only change how you handle them.

[stupidsoul1]

Clogz, you as a smart young lad should realise it is all about you not them.

 

do what you want to do, and if you get fucked over then you can accept that.

it is your life and you have to live with the consequence.

[lachrymist89]

i've just been admitted to a college with none of my friends at all, i'm just as lost as u, seriously feel like dying, i miss the high skol days

[CCB_Faint]

Well' date=' I do know what I want out of life. I want to go into Journalism[/quote']

 

Sounds like a plan to me.

Just because you dont have every single step planned out doesnt mean you dont have a plan.

 

Everyone around you needs to RELAX~!!

Dude~ I'm old and still dunno what i wanna do with my life

( LOL 30 is OLD~!! )

 

At the moment i'm happy with being a mum and doing ma thing

Everyone else ..|.. can bugga off

[Clogz]

I've been doing some thinking since that post, and I did send in an application to the college I have chosen to attend. I've also decided I want to major in journalism and minor in photojournalism, and maybe become a writer or a sports photographer (or both) for a newspaper or something.

But you guys are all right in the fact that this is my future. I guess my biggest problem is that I don't want to live the "college, graduate, get married, 9-5" life, you know? I just want my life to be something I can be proud of.

[Cloud]

That sounds sweet... Good luck man hope you do well :thumbsup:

[stupidsoul1]

I am sure you can do that, and do that damn well too.

[HaziLPTonz]

to be honest man, wats so wrong with getting ur diploma,graduating and going on to get married,job and hav kids.

is it that bad? do u know how much ppl wood do to hav the oppurtunities u hav atm??

is the straight and narrow so boring? think about it man,wat wood it be like to hold the one u love, go to work at a job u want, or one day holding life in ur arms. these are things u woodnt giv up on. u hafta realise that, u may not want it, but u hafta accept it, bcoz its wat ur good at. does it matta that ur dreams were to walk on the moon? to sleep all day and party all night? dont u think thas wat the majority of the world wants???

look man, im about to do my HSC, the equivalent of ur SATs in Australia, and i ll tell u...ts fukking stressful...the rest of ur life cood hinge on ur results. but u hafta realise, ur sacrifice, ur pain now cood lead on to somthing far greater in ur life.

i know its not wat u want, i dont want it either, but if u want a long fulfilling life, u dont do it on the side of the street beggin for cash, no, u study hard, u work hard and u go somwhere wif ur life.

again, wats wrong with the straight and narrow? whats wrong with the journey ur about to undertake man, as long as u hav ppl hu will share that journey with u.

 

i hope u do well man, SATs are tuff as, hope u do well and graduate, go to a good college, get a job, meet da girl of ur dreams, get married, hav kids, die old, well thas my plan anyways =D

 

dont get too hung up, ur not the first, nor will u be the last of the ppl who dont want the future to be thrust upon them. hoep verything goes well for u

 

-Hazi[LP]Tonz

[aloneme]

We have lots of similar things.So good luck in your life.

And remember the most important thing is-"To do what you want to do and not what others want". I do only things that I want to do.Maybe this is reason ,why I´m not lying in a tomb.

Good luck and I wish you that your dreams were realised.

[Clogz]

Tonz']to be honest man, wats so wrong with getting ur diploma,graduating and going on to get married,job and hav kids.

is it that bad? do u know how much ppl wood do to hav the oppurtunities u hav atm??

is the straight and narrow so boring? think about it man,wat wood it be like to hold the one u love, go to work at a job u want, or one day holding life in ur arms. these are things u woodnt giv up on. u hafta realise that, u may not want it, but u hafta accept it, bcoz its wat ur good at. does it matta that ur dreams were to walk on the moon? to sleep all day and party all night? dont u think thas wat the majority of the world wants???

look man, im about to do my HSC, the equivalent of ur SATs in Australia, and i ll tell u...ts fukking stressful...the rest of ur life cood hinge on ur results. but u hafta realise, ur sacrifice, ur pain now cood lead on to somthing far greater in ur life.

i know its not wat u want, i dont want it either, but if u want a long fulfilling life, u dont do it on the side of the street beggin for cash, no, u study hard, u work hard and u go somwhere wif ur life.

again, wats wrong with the straight and narrow? whats wrong with the journey ur about to undertake man, as long as u hav ppl hu will share that journey with u.

 

i hope u do well man, SATs are tuff as, hope u do well and graduate, go to a good college, get a job, meet da girl of ur dreams, get married, hav kids, die old, well thas my plan anyways =D

 

dont get too hung up, ur not the first, nor will u be the last of the ppl who dont want the future to be thrust upon them. hoep verything goes well for u

 

-Hazi[LP]Tonz

 

Well, its not that I'm totally against it. I guess I just want to stand out more...I don't know, its a confusing thing to put into words, but thanks for the input from everyone, I do appreciate it.

And I took my SATs in January, and I did pretty good on them. I was in the top 9% state-wide for critical reading. Since then, my mail from colleges has about doubled.

[chazgurl]

I'm only in 8th grade,and already my parents want me 2 plan

4 a career and shit,they just keep fuckin yellin at me about it