Nope.
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lol what's good my guy
What’s good wit it?
Ohhhh you know, just studying for finals and whatnot given that I am enrolled in a full load of college courses
Not all things worth doing in life provide immediate payout. Sure, you could drop out of school (which definitely costs a lot of money) right now, and easily begin making money for yourself. But where you'll be this spring is pretty close to where you'll be this time next year under that plan. College, though largely a hassle, is an excellent opportunity to expand what you can do in this world. Even if all you want to be is a successful track coach, having extensive knowledge of business, kinesiology, psychology, etc. will help you be a better one.
Don't let this time in your life be one that puts you in a box.
I wouldn't want a college dropout to coach me, why would you?
"Yes absolutely drop out and take life advice from this garbage website"
Hey, I got great shoe recommendations on this website and that changed my life. This website is extremely valuable, not garbage. Now some of the people on that use the website have garbage in their brains.
Also, the term "drop out" is intentionally disparaging and created by the establishment to shame. I dropped out of high school and that led to me finding amazing abilities for myself. I was an honor student but my senior year I got it that the established education is not only time wasting it does significant harm to students and society in general. I see it all around me. But me, I'm immune because I live outside of society but enjoy life like few do. I don't own a car for example. Therefore I'm fit, both physically and financially. I know plenty of people who own a car and they are tied to that pile of metal on wheels for years. They will never get ahead. I'm trying to decide to either go to Australia or Taiwan for the winter! Maybe Chile! I don't want to get diarrhea or become a victim of crime. How about all three! Decisions, decisions.
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or am I nuts.
Please OP, think long and hard about this. Make a detailed pros and cons list. Do the serious cost-benefit analysis.
Things to consider:
A) A college degree is a much better fallback option than college dropout. Potential employers in...most... professions prefer hire a college graduate over a college dropout. People with degrees tend to, among other things, look more stable. Consider how many established American professional running coaches have degrees (almost all of them). A college degree looks more appealing on pretty much every resume.
B) You likely have more resources and support immediately available through your college athletic department than you will as a freshly minted professional runner (coaching, trainers, facilities, equipment, nutritionists, teammates, transportation, clothing/shoe allowance, shelter allowance, prepared meals, and people to organize all of this stuff for you -- to leave you free to study and train).
C) Will agents and sponsors be breaking down your door once you go pro? If not, how the hell are you going to make enough money to survive and train at an elite level?
D) For most students, college gets easier and easier as you go on. You'll gain maturity and knowledge which will significantly help you each and every semester. College is designed to stress students out during midterms and finals (helps you develop time management and organizational skills). No pain, no gain.
Yo OP where do you go to college?
"College is designed to stress students out during midterms and finals (helps you develop time management and organizational skills)."
Really? Who told you that? There's no design - just put 30 students in a room with 1 older person who knows the subject to some degree better. Tell the students to read 3 chapters in the subject book and test once a week. College is a historical ape and echo. Today anyone in the world can learn anything as long as they have internet access. College is on the way out.
MANY examples of top runners while in college. Also, going through life & dropping everything besides 1 thing is not a good thing.
fgrsd wrote:
"having a degree still matters in life"
Only for certain occupations like medicine, law, etc. But for most people it doesn't matter. Most university education is wasteful and can do more harm then good.
At least if you go to college, you'll learn to tell the difference between than and then.
dthdr wrote:
"College is designed to stress students out during midterms and finals (helps you develop time management and organizational skills)."
Really? Who told you that? There's no design - just put 30 students in a room with 1 older person who knows the subject to some degree better. Tell the students to read 3 chapters in the subject book and test once a week. College is a historical ape and echo. Today anyone in the world can learn anything as long as they have internet access. College is on the way out.
By design, the brick and mortar college semester is meant to place a certain level of stress on full-time students at certain times. Midterms and finals are scheduled during the same weeks, and that also happens to be when most term papers and other assignments come due. For students students with poor time management skills, these periods can be especially stressful.
Hey OP can you reply? •_•
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fgrsd wrote:
"having a degree still matters in life"
Only for certain occupations like medicine, law, etc. But for most people it doesn't matter. Most university education is wasteful and can do more harm then good.
At least if you go to college, you'll learn to tell the difference between than and then.
rekt
Law, medicine, business, engineering, IT all require degrees for entry-level jobs or higher education.....
Depends on where OP is and what he's studying, sure. Or if this is even a real post.
"By design, the brick and mortar college semester is meant to place a certain level of stress on full-time students at certain times."
How do you know this? Did anyone tell you that or is it just an educated guess? My educated guess is that exams and other things happen at the end of the semester because that's when the tests would naturally take place in that context. It's not structured to induce stress so students can learn to endure it.
Some years ago I told a medical student that the reason he and his medical classmates were so busy was that the school was preparing them for their busy medical career. He just looked at me and walked away without saying a word. I got smart since then.
Are you really gonna go down this Path? If you can use your Pure Hate to train for 3-4 hours a day and maintain a normal semblance of working life, then it is attainable. No one really looks up to people they can't relate to. Like Boris Berian - he worked at McDonalds and Nike and T&F outlets are always highlighting his struggle from a humble background. You're not nuts, but you need GUTS to ride out your decision.
fgrsd wrote:
"having a degree still matters in life"
Only for certain occupations like medicine, law, etc. But for most people it doesn't matter. Most university education is wasteful and can do more harm then good.
College degree is still important. The secret is to not go into debt, or at least not significant debt, to receive your degree.
Socially, economically, and personally (pride) it is good to earn your degree.
Even jobs that don't require a degree are often filled with people who did graduate college, and you would have more in common with them if you got yours.
P.S.... do it, as with most things, when you are young.
Switch schools to a cheap DIII or whatever, but stay in school. College has gone from "as mandatory as high school" anymore to "as mandatory as breathing" at this point.
If NOTHING else, for most it allows people, such as yourself, to figure things out. Your plan, as it sounds, is dreadful. You could likely be injured, working far too much at a low-paying retail job, with nothing more to look forward to than a frozen pizza and what can I stream to the TV tonight. Then seven years go by. And nothing has changed.
Not that staying in school won't have you the same in a few more years, but you've got to play the odds here, and the odds say you stay in school.
Good luck!
College is for those who blindly follow the masses. They are the proverbial "sheep". A better course of action is to do what you want. Then you learn that you don't fear "What will happen to me?" because you know "This is how it will be.".
