Quote Originally Posted by bigjohnstud2o
Ill tell you like my dad told me...... "You drop out after all the money i busted my ass for for 21 years or your life and you tell me your gonna quit? If you dont owe it to yourself you owe it to me and your mother in there. So your either staying in school or you can get the fuck out after the beat down of your life"
My parents aren't paying for my school; I am (in the future). So I don't see what I "owe" them. I'm an adult now, and I have to start making my own independent decisions.
Now at the time i really thought he would have beat the shit out of me. But now i know he just didnt know how else to tell me i was fucking him and myself over.
My parents aren't going to beat me. And if they threatened to, I'd do the exact opposite of what they wanted. If somebody can't explain to me why I should do something and they have to result to childish threats, I'm not going to take them seriously.
I say dont be selfish and do it for your parents at least.
What will my parents get out of it? They aren't going to agree with it, but I can't expect them to like every single thing I do with my life. I have to be myself and live my life the way I want to live it. I can't just bow down to the expectations of other people all the time. I've been doing that my whole life and I'm not going to tolerate it anymore.

I'm not fucking myself over. I really just don't see any positive thing that I can get out of this diploma. I've woken up from the American dream. I've realized that money and "occupational success" are not the same thing as happiness. Happiness comes from living freely, creating beautiful things, nurturing loving relationships, appreciating nature, pursuing hobbies, learning about the world, and a million other things, but not from money.