#college and dropping out and going back

[a-little-bit-poss]

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[buglaur]

the saloon crew 🍻

[crowdeerdire]

Kel is off to art college and she misses her bf, Cove ╥﹏╥

[girlishwhimsies]

thinking about the economic divide in the outsiders again. sigh.

[ibetittering]

Never thought I'd edit Sarge to Mitski but here we are

[frostedpuffs]

I'm regards of your post about getting a degree, a cousin of mine just turned 30, she has been working with her degree in medicina for a couple of years now, and she told us the other day that she wanted to go back to school because she doesn't like her line of work anymore, she's gonna keep working to pay her studies. I think that as long as we like, want and can afford doing that nobody is too old to do so, I believe that as human we're curious and seek knowledge and bettering ourselves by nature, so go for it if you want

thank you! i agree with you. i think my hesitancy came from not wanting to attend an in-person campus because i would feel out of place around people a lot younger than me. but I've decided to finish my degree in online school & am gonna attend the spring or fall semester next year 100% online.

my desire to go back to school simply stems from wanting to make a living wage and do better for myself, because even though it's possible to find a decent job without a degree, and i know having a degree wont guarantee me an amazing job, it will at least open the door to jobs that pay higher wages. things are getting more and more expensive here in Florida and on sep. 30th my job that actually paid pretty well decided to let 1200+ employees go bc they were "downsizing" (aka: a lot of the jobs have been taken over by AI which just happens in the tech field now unfortunately 😔) and i am just REALLY struggling to find a job that pays more than $15-$18/hr without having any sort of degree. and unfortunately that money isn't going to cut it because i have bills to pay. i have the skills required for the higher paying jobs, but without that degree, a lot of them wont even consider me 🤪 so this has been a big realization that i need to do something now before i get to a point where i am in my 30s and still cant afford to live without a roommate. (not that there is anything wrong with that of course! i personally just really, really want to finally be able to live alone.)

im hoping if i can have a decent degree by the time i am 28 or 30, i will be able to make a better living for myself than i am now! ✨🩷

[msnihilist]

Sorry, but Phineas and Ferb going to college as adults is soooo fake. 1) What the fuck is college gonna teach them? 2) They're both WAY too restless to study for four years or more for ONE degree. They spent a single afternoon building to the MOON. FOUR YEARS might as well be an ETERNITY. Spending that in SCHOOL?? WASTE OF TIME.

[skyf0ckz]

Daniel LaRusso has just dropped out of college to pursue his passion as an artist. He has fallen into an art block, craving a muse. That's when he meets the most beautiful man he's ever laid eyes on.

An Artist!Daniel AU <3

[pvremichigan]

Whoopsie time

[rinofwater]

I just found a clinic nearby that does gender-affirming surgeries so top surgery might actually be a feasible thing for me in the near(ish) future

I found a job that seems to have all the stuff I liked from one of my last jobs without the extra bullshit I didn't (can't apply for it currently but that kind of job exists and that's reassuring)

Things might be starting to look up for me

[orphyd]

Holy shit I got back into my old university….

[isa-ah]

yall ever end up thinking back on periods of ur life and ur like. bro what

[jackgarlond]

hmmm I do not see how I'm going to be able to make it to 26

[ink-asunder]

Having demand avoidance in a medical setting is literally hell. Like, patient autonomy is already absolute ass. It's only made worse when doctors CONSISTENTLY tell you what to do and act like you HAVE to do it instead of consulting with you first like normal fucking people.

[desktopmermaid]

One of Jo’s buddies.

[atigrado]

SPECULATION RAMBLE ABOUT NIIGO IN GENERAL THTAT I NEED TO POST BEFORE ENA5 SO I CAN EITHER SAY I CALLED IT OR LOOK LIKE A CLOWN

SO. ive been thinking if mizu5 might be establishing a pattern for the overarching structure of niigos story......

like. i feel like the whole mizuki being outed and hitting absolute rock bottom mentally kinda sorta mirrors mafuyus rock bottom in the main story. this is putting aside that mafuyu had been in a longer and more constant descent in contrast to mizuki more or less doing well prior to mizu5 but both of them hit a breaking point that leaves them completely dysfunctional and actively suicidal thats visually represented with the live2d hollow eyes.

so!! ive been thinking that having mizukis emotional state completely fixed with the next event would be Kinda lame considering the sheer gravitas mizu5s ending had, and thought it would be cool if, just like the events previous to sayonara my persona, where kanade ena and mizuki impart unto mafuyu important lessons that she then goes on to use to stand up to her mom (unconditional companionship, assertiveness about her boundaries, disengaging from a distressing situation), mizuki could also have events where the rest of niigo gives her advice that shows aspects of their character how that mirrors her just like niigo mirrors mafuyu, which she maybe could use to confront the way not only her peers treat her but also how school faculty enabled and heal from the trauma isolation and scrutiny left in her.

so i imagine this pattern could be

niigo member hits rock bottom (mfy main story, mizu5)

rest of niigo helps her out of rock bottom, while currently stable she still has emotional scars from rock bottom and whatever caused said rock bottom hasnt been completely resolved (mfy end of main story, ena5(?))

rest of niigo has paired event with niigo member where the one of them is explored through the lens of something she has that can help the other (someday this wish will transcend the morning sky, immiscible discord/mirage of lights, our escape for survival)

niigo member is able to confront whatever caused her to hit rock bottom and ends up in a better place where she is not being currently tormented and can properly begin healing (sayonara my persona)

if this is somewhat accurate then ena and kanade going through the above after another age up would make sooo much sense to me. both of them are unsure about what theyre going to do after high school

so like imagine if ena went to college as an art major and felt so strongly a gap in skill between her and her classmates, or could try to break into the art industry right after highschool to the same effect, feeling completely inadequate to the point of wanting to disappear because, just like her dad said, she isnt talented enough to be an artist, the thing she loves most in this world will forever be out of reach.

and kanade, who feels fundamentally worthless (evil, even) and needs to constantly justify her own existence by 'saving' others, sees the rest of niigo mentally stable (mafuyu specially), no longer needing to be 'saved' via her music, maybe in her eyes no longer needing HER, and begins wanting to disappear as she feels aimless after finishing highschool and no longer has physical proof that she is 'saving' someone (i dont think colopale would ever do this but how fucked would it be if her dad died and thats what pushes her over the edge.. more plausible would be if he had health complications i think)

i feel like kanade and ena's central conflicts are more abstract than mafuyu and mizuki's, while mafuyu and mizuki have actual people they can confront who caused their hurt (mfys mom, mzks classmates), kanade and enas are a lot more. idk, internal??? maybe not completely for ena as trying to make a living as an artist is extremely hard and she has her dad as an 'actual person who caused their hurt' but i think shin'ei is a bit different?? hes not as antagonistically presented as mafuyus mom is, i havent read knowing the unseen yet but from what little ive seen it seems like we get a lot of insight as to why shin'ei did what he did and the affirmation that he does love ena a lot, which i dont think we will quite get with mafumom, who was in no uncertain terms shown to only care about the mafuyu who is a good girl.

kanade though i think does represent this entirely more interal conflict, shes had to face so much death and decay through her moms health issues and eventual death coupled with her dads current health issues that sometimes her darkness feels so much more. idk. dramatic?? tragic?? raw?? when compared to even the rest of niigo who while suicidal never had to face the Actual Death of a Loved One to where i think kanades journey to healing will be turbulent with her issues so deeply held. i dunno maybe lm Being Shitty And Doing A This Character Has It Worse. idk.

↓out of topic kanade ramble sorry. i feel like i dont have that strong of a grasp on her character so if im off base you can kill me ^_^

kanade has always had a different vibe to her in my eyes though.. her childhood flashbacks that are present in all her focuses and central to her character are so tender but have such a sad undercurrent, the way her parents raised her with unconditional love and support allows her to in turn support the people she loves in the present but theres always this facf in of your head as you see them, kanade is alone now, her mom is dead and her dad, while alive, might as well also be dead since he doesnt remember her, hes unable to help her in the ways only a guardian could, not only that but seeing him is an eternal reminder to her to how in her eyes she is worthless, she almost killed her dad, how can she go on living having done that.