I was in the same situation not so long ago, I can tell you what I did, but what I did may not be what you should do.
I was happy at my college, but I chose to drop out and go to a crappier college so I could do some of the toughest courses available which happened to be mainly memory orientated, when I am more of a thinker.
2 months into these courses I am depressed as hell, always on the verge of failing, teachers threatening to kick me out, while I'm working my ass of and still not doing well. And what the hell was I going to tell my family? It was hard enough to tell them I'm dropping out of a good college, now I have to tell them I need to drop out again?
In the end I told my mom, she had already noticed my behavior was very different, but once she herd what the situation was she was ok with it, sympathetic actually.
This might not be the best thing for you to do though, it depends on a few things.
1. whats the problem at the minute? too hard/ too lazy e.t.c.
2. if your too lazy, isit too late to turn it around?
3. if you cant turn it around, whats better staying and failing or leaving?
4. if you drop out what are you going to do next? work/ come back next year
What ever you do make sure you do it for yourself, if your family flip out, its because they want whats best for you, or at least what they think is best.
I recommend you leave now, come back and do something your good at and interested in.
Thats what I did but I got a reality check while I was out of education, I got a taste of the real world, and I mean right at the bottom of the real world doing really crappy jobs for a year because I couldn't find anything else. This gave me the drive I needed as well, I wasn't ever too bad, but I always thought "owe well if college doesn't work I'll just get an average 9-5", now thats not even an option to me.
Good luck with whatever you do, make sure you look at the pros and cons, and if its the right thing to do I'm sure your parents will be slightly p'd off, but understanding.
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