Yes exactly! I am looking right now for some sort of catholic organization. College is a last resort in my plans. I will have a way to support myself once I am married I am doing a business that my mom does. So no need to worry about that.
If you think college is over-rated, then don’t waste your time. You may soak in some training with that mindset, but you’re unlikely to get an education.
…You need a college education to teach kids up through a high school level? Gee, most of the Catholic nuns who ran Catholic schools in past decades never even had a college degree. I don’t think that getting through high school and studying what you like on your own (as Kasi is suggesting) makes you uneducated. Even Cardinal George notes well that most colleges and universities these days really are nothing more than glorified trade schools.
and some totally useful like how to funnel a beer…wait maybe I have those backwards? I learned how to make fake rice krispie treats in the cafeteria. I learned how to be a good friend. I learned how to graph a parabola. I learned how to write a good sounding paper of absolute nonsense. I learned life skills. I gained knowledge.You didn’t learn any of those things until college?I learned how to balance my checkbook. I learned how to manage my time between work, school and play. I learned how to be self sufficient. I learned how to do laundry. That one I tried not to learn… I had a very substantial wardrobe at graduation
Reminds me of the old song:
Some of it I learned (not the laundry) before. but it wasn’t retained til I was forced to do it on my own. The fake rice krispie treats are something I think you only learn in college. Steal the marshmallows from the lucky charms. Add rice krispies, Add water. Put in microwave. and Voila yummy sticky goodness.
I think you need to pray about the vocation of marriage. It sounds as if you are very immature when it comes to what college and marriage is. College was the best time of my life. I grew more as a person than any other time.I learned who i was and what i wanted out of my future life. I went to college to better myself. Not necessarly for the education but to show my future emloyers that when i make a commitment i can fullfil it to the end. I also learned more about time managment and how to scarifice and budget money, friends and God.
See, I tricked it out of ya without even having to pay for 3 credit hours or a semester in the dorm!
Outstanding!!!Going away to college was HANDS DOWN the best thing I ever did. I met awesome friends who I still hang out with today. I learned a lot academically, and personally. Yes some of it was frivoulous. Like my math courses
I learned how to balance my checkbook. I learned how to manage my time between work, school and play. I learned how to be self sufficient. I learned how to do laundry. That one I tried not to learn… I had a very substantial wardrobe at graduation
I have a boyfriend. I can tell you right now that none of the guys I dated or am friends with would even think to date someone who they felt they were going to have to financially support for their entire lives. A lot of guys feels it’s a self respect issue. Do you value your brain over your physical attributes? Cause while guys do like the physical stuff… most realize that hair goes gray and wrinkles set in, and you other assets might be hanging around your knees but if you can keep them mentally engaged in conversations, and make them laugh they don’t mind the other stuff. My boyfriend has told me many times I’m the smartest person he knows… if he excludes the math stuff.
Think about it this way. Girls always want to date the bad boy. They are fun, exciting, and you never know whats coming. Yet they always marry the geek. WHo’s kind loving and accepting.
It’s the same in reverse.
It is a fact of life that not everyone is cut out for or deserving of a college education. At the top of that list is anyone who has absolutely no motivation for nor appreciation of what completing that level of education means or the doors it will open for you–both professionally and personally.
Her own women, a job that affords her “her own” place to live, no drama, not a bar fly, independent, has her own money. If you can make that happen without college, it is very rare. Knowledge is something that when aquired can never be taken away.