I hate school!

I feel your pain. You know, no one told me college was this hard.

Well, I'm in highschool, which I know isn't nearly as hard as college, but I rather dislike highschool (to put it politely) [:'(]. You have my sympathy and I hope you figure out all that you want to do.

I asked my friend why he chose accounting...he said because he was good at it and it seemed interesting.  That was an easy answer, but so true.  I'm going to look into the vet tech program at the other campus.  I don't know why I ever thought I didn't want to have a career with animals!  I started as animal science, but I despise that major.  It focuses on farming and stuff like meat animals...no way!  I wanted to be a vet tech, but I was afraid that my parents would be dissappointed if I only got an associates degree instead of a bachelors.  But, in the end, happiness is more important.  I can go back and finish the bachelors after the associate.  I would love to get into animal behavior but we don't have a program here and I really don't want to relocate.  So, I will have to work with what I have.  I already have a job as a dog trainer, I would with a great guy who does behavior consultations, and I would love to get into the vet tech program...I think that would help out quite a bit with the behavior aspects.  I would love to be a trainer all my life and just train dogs!  That would be the best job ever.  Well, not a job but a fun hobby that I would get paid for! 

Good for you for looking into the vet tech program, I really hope that works out for you. From what I've heard it's a very rewarding career. And sounds like you've already got a fantastic hobby! I'm sure your making lots of difference in dogs and their owners lives already.

Colleen,  I was once upon a time just like you...hahahahaaa
 
Actually, when I was a senior in high school I was burned out, didn't want to go to college, so I didn't for a semester.  That turned out to be the longest semester of my life....then I went to school with absolutely no direction...you've heard about those people that change their majors a zillion times?  Well, I was one, let's see....a teaching major, a drama major, thought about recreation, then spent a year in Finland and finally decided on European history as my major.  (No teaching certificate of course)  So, what did I do?  I went to work in Real Estate and started on an MBA, couldn't decide what I wanted to finally emphasize in, so I did a double, International Business and Finance.....did I really like the finance?  Nope, but it wasn't too hard...so why not?  Didn't get a job in finance, so I worked as a bookkeeper and several other things.  It took me several more years of dead end jobs that had nothing to do with any of my majors, but I learned that I liked accounting and understood it and last year I went back to school and crammed 24 hrs of accounting into 2 semesters and got prepared to sit for the CPA exam....I finally was able to figure out that this was what I really liked. 
 
After a very long winded story (sorry for that) my moral is that you should try a lot of things and then follow what you like to do and then things will fall into place. 

I would love to be a trainer all my life and just train dogs! That would be the best job ever. Well, not a job but a fun hobby that I would get paid for!

 
Do it. Change immediately. You have found something that you really want to do and that gives you a reason to get out of bed in the morning. You won't become a millionaire (most of us don't) but you won't hate your job, either. And you can still earn your degree(s) bit by bit and hopefully have some aim for that, later in life.
 
If I could, I would go back and finish my engineering degree. As it is, I don't have time or money. And I won't for quite some time. I had a difference of opinion with my boss and now, I don't have a job and am trying to start my own business. The former boss and I still have a business relationship, though, with me as an independent sub to him on labor fee contract basis. He can give me an assignment and I just bill him for hours and materials. There's no room in his company for me anymore and some of his management decisions were going to impact negatively with what the state sees as the role of my master license. So, all in the same day, I lost my job, got a service call, and he gave me a bonus check that will cover the down payment I would need for the required insurance to be an electrical contractor.
 
I may fall flat on my face but at least I will have tried. OTOH, I can give myself a raise.
 
The hard part, sometimes, is getting the work and entering into extended contracts. You have to know the people, the standard contracts, retain an attorney, come up with tools, etc. So, I'm starting small, with service calls and, if I can get, small jobs no bigger than about 30,000 sq. ft., and residential.
 
So, do what you know how to do and enjoy it.
 

I hate it too, but I think it's partially an end of semester thing, and maybe a bit of an almost being done, but then not actually being done. I'm going to graduate, and then have to go to another school, so i'm not really going to be done.
I have to rewrite a paper tonight that is required to graduate, and I feel totally unmotivated to do it. As it stands right now, the paper sucks, and I will fail it and have to redo it, but I don't think I would mind that. The instructions for how to write it say you should write it as two papers, but, in some cases, mine being one of them, you can do it as one. My supervisor refuses to turn the page on the packet and see that. That aside, it still isn't good enough to pass, and she is being nice enough to let me try to fix it, which she really isn't supposed to do. But, I almost think I want to turn in total crap so that I can redo it next semester in another class, where I will have a better lesson to teach, a better idea of what I am supposed to do, better  standards to write on (you have to say how your lesson meets two of the university standards, and I really got one that I think is crappy), and hopefully, a supervisor who has experience and knows what he or she is doing. But, I feel like I really do need to redo this one because my supervisor is being nice enough to let me, so I can't not do it. That would just be rude of me. So, i'll be pulling an all nighter tonight to try to make this thing passing, but I am still doubting whether or not I will be able to do that.

I'm going to start really looking into the vet tech program this weekend.  I'm not going to worry about it right now.  I decided I didn't want to be a vet, but a vet tech would be more fun for me I think.  I don't care about being rich.  As long as I have enough to survive and a little extra to go out once in a while, I'll be happy.  Although, having enough to save a bit would be nice too.  I've wanted to be a trainer since I was little.  I can remember training my dogs when I was about 6 or 7.  As soon as I have a bit more time, I am going to talk to my friend with the local kennel club to see if I can help with training classes there as well.  Right now, the classes at Petco are all I have time for.  I love it though!  When I'm training, its like I'm not working at all.  I look forward to the hour during my shift that I get to train and I think of it like a break from work. 

Yep, school is great![]
 
You have no idea how many times I've screamed at myself over stilly mistakes on test and choosing the wrong major and even choosing the wrong college.  You probly even see my little rants here now and then.  I always get my family telling me I'm not going to make a living working with animals and often I put myself down more than I should but so far it's all comming together and I can almost see the end.
 
It's good for you, let it all out, say exactly what your thinking.  That helps so much and clears the mind so you can organize your thoughts.  If working with animals is what you were truly ment to do then do it.  Being a tech is hard and lots of work but do it if it makes you happy.

I AM DONE!!!!
My supervisor called me up at about 6 to ask me if I was going to send my paper to her. I thought I had until tomorrow morning, since she asked me if I would email it or drop it off at the school she would be at (umm...no). She called me at 6 and said she needed it by 9. I wasn't even home yet, because I stayed late at the house I was working at so the kid's mom could run to the store for a few minutes. Luckily, I was close. I raced in the door, took Max out, gave him the giant soup bone I am very glad I got the other day at the store, and set out to work. I got the whole thing done, from drafting, to typed and sent to her, in 2 hours. If I passed it, I remain a procrastinator extraordinaire. If not, oh well, I guess I can redo it next semester. At least I didn't spend much time on it ( what a bad outlook I have).
So, I have on more assignment to do for the semester. I have one more time to show up at school, which is Monday. Tomorrow and Friday are study days, which is nice because I have no exams. I just have to go Monday because some people haven't presented, and I have to turn something in.
I'm going to go do a happy dance now.

I look forward to the hour during my shift that I get to train and I think of it like a break from work.

 
That's the spirit.

At least your stress is over, for now. Good or bad, you're done with it.
 

ORIGINAL: ColleenC

I wanted to be a vet tech, but I was afraid that my parents would be dissappointed if I only got an associates degree instead of a bachelors.  But, in the end, happiness is more important.  I can go back and finish the bachelors after the associate. 

 
 
If working with animals is your fist choice, then by all means change majors NOW!  Don't worry about dissapointing anyone.  If you try to complete a degree just to please your parents, you will go on the work in a field you don't like, most likely will quit your job, or be miserable in it.  You will regret your decision to stay.  If your grades are that poor, and you to give your parents a rreason,  tell them "it's a waste of time and money to have to repeat courses because I don't understand the material."
I believe there are two types of jobs that will bring you happiness:
1- A job doing something close to your heart, something you enjoy that bring you great satisfaction and pleasure, not necessarily money.  OR
2- A job that pays extremely well, so that you can pursue your passions.  But, you have to be in an environment that willnot cause you constant, undue stress, or it will kill you!
 
 
 

My parents aren't mad at all about the grades.  They seem way less stressed than I am!  Its not that I don't understand the classes, I just hate them so much, I don't put as much effort in them as I could.  Last semester, I took an animal nutrition course, and I came out with a 98.  I know I can do it, buts its hard when I hate the material.  I'm taking the rest of this week to just relax and not worry.  Then, I will figure stuff out.