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Parallax · 11-10-2009, 05:22 PM

ok so my high school marks were shit, and i couldn't go to uni right after graduation. instead i went to a community college and i graduated three years later (diploma in mechanical engineering). now i'm looking into going to university so i can get my bachelor's degree. most schools in my area don't do college transfers. there's a few other schools across the province that do, but i'd have to live on rez (more expensive). one school that i'm looking into has a college transfer program that was planned out exclusively for people like me, i can get the bachelors in two years instead of the regular four years. seems like the best option for me, except for one downside: its like 20 hours away from where i live, i really dont care, but my parents do.

my parents insist that i try to get into one of the universities that's closer (but not close enough to commute), even though i'd have to take the full four years and have to go like $60k into debt just to go there. it makes no sense to me at all. i took a year off after graduating college so i can save up to pay for at least part of my tuition, they're twisting this around into how i "wasted a year already, what do i care if it take 2 or 4 years to get the bachelors"

i had an incident this summer where i got drunk and crashed my bike, and had to be picked up by them from the hospital... and now they're all "what if something like that happens and were 20hrs away, who's gonna help you, bla bla bla", whatever, it was the one time that something like that happened, i've learned my lesson, im not going to repeat the same mistake. they wouldn't even listen to me. they also think im an alcoholic and drug addict because i like to drink a couple tallboys and smoke some bowls on the weekends.

i'm not even sure if ill get into any other schools, so its pretty much either this or nothing. everytime i bring up the topic that i might have to go to that school they freak and start spouting the same aforementioned bullshit at me and trying to dismiss it as not even an option to be considered.

if it comes down to it im going to school regardless of what they say, its not like they can stop me, but i dont want to ruin my relationship with them. what should i do?

11-10-2009, 05:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
Parallax Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,739 Thanks: 160 Thanked 590 Times in 318 Posts	university/parents bs ok so my high school marks were shit, and i couldn't go to uni right after graduation. instead i went to a community college and i graduated three years later (diploma in mechanical engineering). now i'm looking into going to university so i can get my bachelor's degree. most schools in my area don't do college transfers. there's a few other schools across the province that do, but i'd have to live on rez (more expensive). one school that i'm looking into has a college transfer program that was planned out exclusively for people like me, i can get the bachelors in two years instead of the regular four years. seems like the best option for me, except for one downside: its like 20 hours away from where i live, i really dont care, but my parents do. my parents insist that i try to get into one of the universities that's closer (but not close enough to commute), even though i'd have to take the full four years and have to go like $60k into debt just to go there. it makes no sense to me at all. i took a year off after graduating college so i can save up to pay for at least part of my tuition, they're twisting this around into how i "wasted a year already, what do i care if it take 2 or 4 years to get the bachelors" i had an incident this summer where i got drunk and crashed my bike, and had to be picked up by them from the hospital... and now they're all "what if something like that happens and were 20hrs away, who's gonna help you, bla bla bla", whatever, it was the one time that something like that happened, i've learned my lesson, im not going to repeat the same mistake. they wouldn't even listen to me. they also think im an alcoholic and drug addict because i like to drink a couple tallboys and smoke some bowls on the weekends. i'm not even sure if ill get into any other schools, so its pretty much either this or nothing. everytime i bring up the topic that i might have to go to that school they freak and start spouting the same aforementioned bullshit at me and trying to dismiss it as not even an option to be considered. if it comes down to it im going to school regardless of what they say, its not like they can stop me, but i dont want to ruin my relationship with them. what should i do? __________________ FUCK THE ROBOTS!!! NUKE THE WHALES!!!