I absolutely cannot stand the question "So are you finished with school yet?" People just do not understand the mental toll it takes on me. Do you ever think maybe I want to work for a living and go to college at the same time? Maybe I want to be on my own with my boyfriend, eventually, and try to start a family all while going to school at the same time. This involves, *gasp*, that's right, saving money! Let's not get the situation messed up here. I am not saying my home life is awful by any means, but I am simply trying to figure out what is the best way for me to be a productive member of society.
More often than not, the same people who ask the question "Are you finished with school yet?" are the ones who never set foot in a college classroom, or they are pompous privileged kids who has had everything handed to them on a silver platter.
It is taking me a little bit of time to earn my Associates Degree. I have had some setbacks not only from life circumstances, but from my own failures. I am not the perfect college student by any means. My GPA is FAR from a 4.0. Sometimes I am not as motivated as I should be. I was recently diagnosed with Bipolar type II, which to my knowledge, is the less severe form of bipolar in which the mood swings are less severe, but however more frequent. My downswings are awful. I don't simply get to pick and choose when my mood shifts, it just happens. I do not know how to handle stress as most adults should. I am so unorganized sometimes I can't even see the top of my desk. My time management is poor. At times I seriously just want to give up. I have not given up and neither should anybody starting the journey of college.
Getting a college degree is not a race. What matters is not giving up in the process of earning that diploma!
