Uni is no good, what else could i do?

[Mr. Anderson]

I'm struggling big time, in my 2nd year, only just scrapped through 1st year.

I have coasted my entire education, and as such, have not learnt how to 'work'. I struggle to find the effort required to want to open up my notes from lectures and go over them.

I would quit uni in an instance if i had a career path to go into, however i just don't know any that would offer possiblitys that the likes of graduate schemes are able to offer.

I thought about the RAF a while back becoming an engineer for example, but i don't think i would cope with the ladish attitude that a lot of the comrades have and would posibly find it quite a lonely experiance (if i even got in).

I would love to train as an electrician, however i am now 4 years behind people of my age which means i would be 24 by the time i am at their level which is a shocking thought. I was pushed into uni by the governemtn, school, and parents. All the properganda made it seem that if you don't go to uni you are a failure and all the people that didn't go to a-levels were mainly chavs and idiots.

I need to be thinking about alternative routes anyway, as passing this 2nd year could pove quite a challenge, let alone also then passing the 3rd year. Also, is there much point having a degree if it is a 3rd?

 

[Mr. Anderson]

Yeah, but i still don't feel any urge to work. I feel slightly retarded. I know my future life is dependant on me working hard now and doing well, but whenever i look at the work i just get filled with depresion and end up doing something else like watching tv or a film, or playing a game.

 

[Mr. Anderson]

I'd be embarrassed to show a cv with a 3rd on it personally.

Cut your losses, drop out of uni so you don't accrue any more student debts and work for a bit, nothing serious just some casual bar work or something and see what happens.

Maybe you'll decide to go travelling for a while or find something else you enjoy and end up returning to uni or maybe you'll even get involved in a job you like and can advance through.

I think doing anything just for the sake of doing it is almost always a bad call.

For me to drop out of uni, i would need something though, otherwise i will just be a lost sole for ages with no direction. At least here, even if i don't like it, i know what my goal is.