Well, if this doesn't make me feel like a fuck-up...

[conuly]

Apparently, Michael (at 19) is graduating in June. He'll be out of law school by the time he is 23. TWENTY-THREE. And he doesn't seem to see how it's insane to be rushing through school like that.

I, on the other hand, intend to take a year off, either next year or the year after, and do americorps. And I also intend, if that works out, to do a stint in the Peace Corps... That's a break in college and another one between undergrad and grad school. I want a chance to do something useful while thinking about what it is I want to do with my life. In fact, if I had the money to be taking time off without doing anything, I might even just go to Belgium to be with my relatives for a term, take a bit of an exchange program. You don't actually have to know a foreign language to do that, apparently.

Honestly, I'm surprised he hasn't been eaten up by ulcers already. Entered college at 17, out by 19, campus EMT, none of that stuff is without Aaron (twin) so he isn't even getting a chance to get away from his family... and Aaron is still managing to one-up him by taking ancient Greek instead of Latin, that's gotta be annoying when you're a typical overacheiver.

And for God's sake, the guy is afraid to play tag. At NINETEEN! That can't be normal.

Well, I guess I can just be thankful it's not *my* life. *goes out to blow bubbles*

Comments

[xiggaroo.livejournal.com]

Wow... that makes me feel so... inferior...

[feathered.livejournal.com]

I'll be graduating from a two year college in the spring, at 17... but I have no idea what I want to do afterwards. I'm definitely taking a year off after this to try to figure things out. 17 or 18 is way too young to have your life mapped out.

[conuly]

Exactly. What if he's wrong? He can't go back, because he rushed through it all on the theory that he knew what he wanted to be doing!

[conuly]

You're in high school. You're allowed not to have a clue as to your life. Michael's insane. He's allowed to rush through life making the rest of us look bad.

As it goes, you've got options ahead of you. FIT, Wagner (well, it's small and you could get in, and it's mildly prestigious without being stressful), anyplace in Canada (cheaper), whatever.

[xreferenced.livejournal.com]

In our culture, one's expected to start college right after one finishes high school, and taking a semester or a year off is regarded as a very very inferior thing to do, even if one intends to work during the break. I'm not saying this is a good thing (regarding such simple things as very very inferior never is), I'm simply pointing out that different customs exist for different places, and we all still manage somehow. I'll finish university at ~22, and that's fairly normal here.

But being afraid to play tag is not normal anywere I guess =p

[conuly]

Well, the taking time off, the prestige thing depends on your social class and reasons for doing it, I think. To an extent, that applies here too, but if you say "I took a year off and worked with Habitats for Humanity", people'll look up to you even while they look down at you.

Besides, I don't care what people think. Yay me. I need to get away from my family for a while (check one) and get used to being around other people more (dorm living should do that, check two), as well as help out in the world (that's the point of americorps, check three), and just know what I intend to do later (check four!).

So this is a good thing, and people can go screw themselves.

And Michael? Cute, but... *tsks loudly*

[xiggaroo.livejournal.com]

Wow... that makes me feel so... inferior...

[feathered.livejournal.com]

I'll be graduating from a two year college in the spring, at 17... but I have no idea what I want to do afterwards. I'm definitely taking a year off after this to try to figure things out. 17 or 18 is way too young to have your life mapped out.

[conuly]

Exactly. What if he's wrong? He can't go back, because he rushed through it all on the theory that he knew what he wanted to be doing!

[conuly]

You're in high school. You're allowed not to have a clue as to your life. Michael's insane. He's allowed to rush through life making the rest of us look bad.

As it goes, you've got options ahead of you. FIT, Wagner (well, it's small and you could get in, and it's mildly prestigious without being stressful), anyplace in Canada (cheaper), whatever.

[xreferenced.livejournal.com]

In our culture, one's expected to start college right after one finishes high school, and taking a semester or a year off is regarded as a very very inferior thing to do, even if one intends to work during the break. I'm not saying this is a good thing (regarding such simple things as very very inferior never is), I'm simply pointing out that different customs exist for different places, and we all still manage somehow. I'll finish university at ~22, and that's fairly normal here.

But being afraid to play tag is not normal anywere I guess =p

[conuly]

Well, the taking time off, the prestige thing depends on your social class and reasons for doing it, I think. To an extent, that applies here too, but if you say "I took a year off and worked with Habitats for Humanity", people'll look up to you even while they look down at you.

Besides, I don't care what people think. Yay me. I need to get away from my family for a while (check one) and get used to being around other people more (dorm living should do that, check two), as well as help out in the world (that's the point of americorps, check three), and just know what I intend to do later (check four!).

So this is a good thing, and people can go screw themselves.

And Michael? Cute, but... *tsks loudly*