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05/24/2005: "SOO MUCH TO DECIDE :S"

So I’ve been debating for some time now whether or not to take a year off school. I feel like I need a break but I also want to finish my degree and get a job. I finished my third year of mechanical engineering this past April, though it is recorded as still being in year two. After a very stressful and disappointing first semester last year, my GPA dropped dramatically but I continued on and finished the school year well below my original goal. After yet another disappointing semester this past year, I am considering taking a year off to work and reassess. I’ve been thinking about this for months now and am leaning more and more towards taking the year, rather than going back to the stress soo soon. Of course there are always positives and negatives to every situation and so here are some of them.......

All my friends are back at school (not necessarily going to school but they are in the same place) and I would much rather be there than here....... there is climbing back at school and there really isn’t any close enough to where I am now..... but I would save money if I stay here and live at home that way I wouldn’t have to pay for rent or food (BIG savings)...... I’m not sure where I’ll find a job in either place so that’s equal anyway, although I believe that minimum wage is lower at school than here (if I had to take a minimum wage job (or two))....... I would have a LOT more fun if I go back......... I would probably stay in better shape if I went back (there are walking/biking trails there that I would bike on - there’s not many places you can bike to here - and I could bike to work. Of course if I wasn’t biking to work I would be walking because I wouldn’t have a car there (not that I drive here either)).......

And now you should be able to see, somewhat, why I’m not sure what to do....... to stay here to work next year or to go back to where I was (same place as I was going to school)...... ANY THOUGHTS????