Does this agreement sound fair?

[Liam]

There is nothing wrong with not knowing what you want to do or be. It is natural for a young man or woman to feel this way. But trust me when I tell you, that if you let those feelings and the lack of motivation decide the rest of your life for you by quiting school and getting any old job, you are making a big mistake. When you are young you have this air of invincibility, the feeling that you can make decisions and change your mind later. Well I am here to tell you that life has a funny way of educating you weather you want to be educated or not. The bad part about letting life educate you rather than school is that it is always too little too late. Or as the saying goes "too soon old; too late smart". Imagine you decide to put off your education and get a job. Next thing you know you get a car (payment) decide to buy a house or get an apartment (mortgage/rent), you meet a great girl and fall in love and 9 months later the twins arrive. You finally decide that your jobs not cuting it and you r just "not motivated" and you should go back to school and get a better job to provide for your family. night school is tuff, especially when you have to work all day to pay the mortgage, 2 car payments, groceries, utilities, etc, etc. You have to drop out of night school cause its just tom much and you can't get the homework done with the kids running around the house screaming thier heads off all night. Now you've past forty and the economy is being systematically flushed right down the toilet by our leaders and you are being laid off of work and jobs are few and far between. Hmmmmm maybe I should've stuck it out and finished school and spent 4 - 6 years of my life getting educated. 2 years, 4 years, 6 years may seem like a long long time being wasted away when your young and in school, but when your older it is but just a drop in the bucket of life. You will wish and pray, burn incensce and send sacrifices to the gods if you could to get those years back. Trust me, I'm living the dream, or should I call it the nightmare. Don't misunderstand I love my wife and I love my children even more, but life sure would be a whole lot less stressful for us all if I ahd made the right choices when I was a younger man. Your momo knows this and that is why she is on your a**. And I am fairly certain that she brings your older brothers grades, etc too you to motivate you and get your competitive juices flowing - get you motivated.
Stay in school, go to college, you will have the time of your life and you will have many more contacts and propects for employment as a result. The actual "grades" are secondary, JUST DO IT!

this is very good man. given me a lot to think about.

 

[cichlid2006]

most people, no matter what they say in public about it, dont know what they want to do for the rest of their lives. i didnt know. all i knew at the time was that i was going to go to uni, i didnt but i thought i knew everything at 18.
i do wonder but i have had a learning experience by joining the forces, i got way wiser than a lot of people do in a way shorter time frame due to the nature of my job.
in part i do regret it because im now unable to walk right and i will never jog or run again. but at the same time i have travelled and lived in different areas and learned some skills that courses cant teach, only life can. i just had to learn those skills quickly. i also get help with education funding now. i have to pay my proportion for it now but you dont so take advantage of that free education while you can. man, if i knew then what i know now. tis true what they say "Youth is wasted on the young. Wisdom is wasted on the old", trust the views of some of the people on here and learn from what they are telling you, they're very smart. they made mistakes and by sharing them it means you dont have to do the same mistakes.
i can say with confidence that because you dont know what you want now means you will only know what you want to do when it presents itself, like me. dont pressure yourself with it, it will only distract you from what is immediately important. that is your education.
assuming you come out of the education system at approx 21 you have a whole 44 years (depending on retirement age) to enjoy the rewards of your labour until you retire. looking at the rough figures schooling time doesnt look so long or so bad.
once you decide what to do, while looking at the money please do yourself a favour and remember that happiness in a job trumps salary. whats the point of having all that money if your unhappy?!

 

[Pyramid_Party]

Look out some bums on the street, that should be your motivation to go to school. If you fail in school you might end up like them.

 

[Liam]

most people, no matter what they say in public about it, dont know what they want to do for the rest of their lives. i didnt know. all i knew at the time was that i was going to go to uni, i didnt but i thought i knew everything at 18.
i do wonder but i have had a learning experience by joining the forces, i got way wiser than a lot of people do in a way shorter time frame due to the nature of my job.
in part i do regret it because im now unable to walk right and i will never jog or run again. but at the same time i have travelled and lived in different areas and learned some skills that courses cant teach, only life can. i just had to learn those skills quickly. i also get help with education funding now. i have to pay my proportion for it now but you dont so take advantage of that free education while you can. man, if i knew then what i know now. tis true what they say "Youth is wasted on the young. Wisdom is wasted on the old", trust the views of some of the people on here and learn from what they are telling you, they're very smart. they made mistakes and by sharing them it means you dont have to do the same mistakes.
i can say with confidence that because you dont know what you want now means you will only know what you want to do when it presents itself, like me. dont pressure yourself with it, it will only distract you from what is immediately important. that is your education.
assuming you come out of the education system at approx 21 you have a whole 44 years (depending on retirement age) to enjoy the rewards of your labour until you retire. looking at the rough figures schooling time doesnt look so long or so bad.
once you decide what to do, while looking at the money please do yourself a favour and remember that happiness in a job trumps salary. whats the point of having all that money if your unhappy?!

I never wanted to get a job that I wouldn't like, just for the money. if that were the case I would have done what My father is doing, working in a mine, and I've seen what being unhappy does to someone.

 

[Pharaoh]

Man, I'm unsure what I want to do with my life. I'm not perfect. Yes I'm young and Ignorant, and part of the reason I made this thread is because I need to think about my long term. mummy and daddy have never bailed me out of anything... ANYTHING, and they never will. Now I've seen these points, I realise, this bass guitar thing is not motivation. Wise old jcardona, tell me wtf i will benefit from going to school for two more years if I don't know wtf I'm going to do with my life. My head is out of my ass, and I'm acting like an adult, perhaps you haven't realised, or read correctly. I'm all ears man, tell me. I'm not sure you were perfect in your 10th year of schooling so stop acting like I should be....

JD was a little rough about it, but he is right.

Here's the deal. I didn't know what I wanted to do either. So, I went to school anyway. Started in electronics cause I though fixing computers & toasters seemed cool. Ended up getting a great job working in electronics, but decided I wanted to do business. Now, still working for the same company with great pay, great coworkers, and plenty of opportunity for advancement. And now I'm working on my MBA.
You have to try some things before you will find out what you want. It won't just come to you one night in a dream.