I went to college straight out of high school as well. I was intending to major in Computer Science, with the intent to go on to programming or pc repair/etc.

The only thing was I had no passion/desire to really do that. It was just what I thought I was going to do, and therefore I had no desire to really do well in college. So I did horrible in my first three semesters. Failed roughly half my classes due to non-attendance/non-caringness, and got c's/d's in the rest. I think I pulled 1-2 A's, and 1-2 b's (out of roughly 18 classes).

So, I (and my parents) decided that I had done enough at that school. I decided to take a break, and ended up working for the next 1.5 years.

During this time I focused on trying to figure out what I needed to do for the rest of my life, and eventually after a lot of thinking and prayer, I realized that I was going to be a teacher (though I don't know yet which grade level).

I've been back in school for one semester now, and I'm doing great; I got all A's this semester, and I'm really looking forward to continuing my education.




Anyway, if you wanted to skip all that and get to the summation paragraph, this is it. College isn't for everyone right out of high school. I wish I'd have taken my break immediately following high school, but that was a lesson learned the hard way.

However, I really encourage anyone who can to go to college and earn a degree asap, (right out of high school if possible). But I know that some people can't do it asap.