/lit/ - Literature

>>12079339

I want to say I'm jealous but I might come off as an ungrateful ass. My parents paid for my uni back in the late 90s, and when I told them I wanted to join the military out of high school I was told to go to school first. Guess what, I fucked around and dealt with depression since I was never properly socialized and had no friends. This turned to me joining a random frat and going on drug and drinking binges 3-4 days a week to deal with my feelings of inadequacy and depression. I wish I could go back and do uni over again. I graduated with a humanities degree a 3.15 GPA since I fucked around the entire time. And the worst part is I know I'm not alone, there are others out there who are or were in similar positions.

And good on you, dude. Almost everyone I meet who started school later seems to have their shit together more, which makes sense. Fuck this culture of forcing kids to go to school, I've seen it backfire too often. Tbh I think it might be good for kids to join the military before going to school, because at least then it teaches you how to work with hierarchies and bullshit while you mature and develop work skills that could translate to the civilian world.