[KaosTheory]

Steven,

No, it isn't when the work is in something you don't want to do. If I wanted to continue in Industrial Engineering, the work would be worth it, and I would continue. I'm already a sell-out for even coming back this quarter, but I ran into some problems that I needed to be able to stay on my parents health insurance, so I decided that I would give IE a chance, see if maybe it really was what I wanted to do, but it isn't. Hard work is not being frustrated to the point of sometimes wanting to throw yourself out of the fifth story of the library, or literally pack up and take off in the dark of night to start over new somewhere else.

And really, looking at this quarter, I am doubting my capability (even though if some things had went a little differently in my life, I may have done a lot better, but hindsight and what-if's are useless), but I'm failing classes for the first time in my life, I have had weeks where between school and work, I didn't even really have time to sleep at night (maybe a few hours), and I got to the point of not caring. It helped me see, however, I was happy when I was doing the drafting-related courses at RCC, because I was in control. I may have had guidelines and restrictions and the such, but I had to create the object, or reverse-engineer it, as the case may be. But I was happy seeing my ideas come to life, even if 2-D on a computer monitor, because it was my work, my effort, and the only thing I had to learn was how to use the program, which I would then control.

Another thing I mention, but do not go deeply into detail is that I plan on moving back east. I'm not happy, and haven't been happy, being in California for a long time. I used to visit my family in New York every year for a while, and every year I wished I could stay. Last time I was there, I made the promise to myself that the next time I went, I would not be coming back to California. I haven't been back yet, and miss it every day.

Panda,

Thank you, and good luck in all that you persue. It isn't often that people understand why someone would quit college because "it isn't for them".

I'll still be around here for a while, I just won't be attending Cal Poly anymore. I'll just offer up my experiences to people, if they want help, and just see whats going on.

Mike