I dropped out of college too, after becoming honest with myself that it wasn't where I wanted to be. I plan on finishing up sometime, but it just wanst the experience I was led to believe. While I know that I probably picked the wrong school, and didnt have any defined goals going in (changed majors twice...), a lot of the experience wasnt what I was led to believe. In general its not the progressive and liberal education it says, they still use outdated and ineffective methods of teaching. Most writing is done not to make you a better writer, but able to conform to MLA standards and please the ego of the professor. I got horrible grades in Literary Criticism, because the form of my paper wasnt up to snuff. While I understand that is part of the grade, the class was LitCrit, meaning what I am saying should be more important than how it's formatted on the page. Then again, maybe I am wrong. However most of the time I was there, I felt like I shouldn't be, and out of the 5 years I spent in 3 majors, only 4 or so classes made me say "damn, this is why I came to college", and 3 of those classes were Workshops, which I only got a couple of upper disision credits for, and barely anything towards my degree.
My advice is to go with your intition, and find ways to learn the things you need (like Martial Arts Workshops), instead of going for the traditional "well rounded" education of a University. Just do what feels right.
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