[Perseus]

i have been in a similar situation to the one you are in now and don't worry whatever you decide it's going to work out, i was studying for a degree in computing and i found it extremely hard to get motivated to complete assignments and even go to the course lectures. I tried to think about what i could do about this,

I knew that if i continued the way i was, i would either fail, or if i was lucky, get a pass grade, but i felt i was capable of more. There is a good side to sticking it out too though, at the end i could have had a degree, not a great one, but it would be better than nothing and maybe i could weigh up my options when i was finished, but this meant alot of effort in something i wasn't interested in.

If i quit i would be way back where i started and feel like i wasted my time and money and what would i do if i quit anyway? It took a while but this was the option i choose, i felt it was the right decision for me because i decided that if i'm gonna do a degree, i want to do it well and i should be studying something that i am really motivated to do, i figured if i'm gonna do this for the rest of my life i had better do something i love and enjoy, i don't want to do a job that im not happy with 40 hours a week, i want to enjoy getting up and going to work. Im not saying this is right decision for you but it was right for me.

After i quit my degree, i went home and worked for a year. During this time i researched diferent subjects and possible things i could do that i might be interested in. I also felt motivated to do this because i didn't enjoy the job. I decided to go back to university and study science and at the minute, that is what i am doing, i think about it completely differently than my last course and i am really enjoying it, its hard work but i see myself having a future in it.

Although i went back to uni, I think it is possible to be very sucessful in life without a degree, a lot of people work there way up through jobs, starting from the bottom and that is fine, alot of these people can earn the same as most graduates if not more. Like aznandyboi said a degree doesn't make you smart or stupid and a lot of people have them these days, I think its just a way of getting somewhere. The biggest difference is the type of job your going for and are you gonna be happy in it, is it what you wanna spent a big part of your life doing? Anyway good luck and in a few years time you will look back and know you made a good decision no matter what you choose