drop out? or not 2 drop out...., that is the question Options

[Valo666]

Ok, so ive been at my school for around 7 or 8 weeks nows(give or take). Im going to centenial college, supposidly the best automotive school in Ontario. For the 6 or 7 weeks ive been at school, ive been bored off my ass. The main reason im there is to learn about paint and get out of there 2 go into the trade as a painter. But heres the kicker, about 3 weeks into the course, my original paint teacher had a heartattack(hez fine thank god), but the guy whos replacing him, is covering the same crap as my old one did and doesnt know a thing about teaching. So im bored as hell, and frankly feel like my money is being wasted. So im kinda at a point now where i gotta figure out what im gonna do. My next semester starts like, next week or so, and it goes untill around x-mas time. So im kinda at a standstill..i kinda wanna just drop out and head right into working. Like finding a job for me shouldnt be to hard, ive done 4 years of highschool shop thats pretty much as indepth as the stuff they do over at centenial college for general mechanical, and ive worked for a year at a tuner shop near by and have spent countless hours working on friends cars. Hell when i was 17 i rebuilt a B18, turboed it and swaped it into an EK civic. I built a 12 second K20A2 powered all motor EG civic drag car. But at the same time im thinking that if things pickup next semester, then ill stick around. But i dunno. What do you guys think??

[ghostdog]

should you drop out? it depends

some specialized industries don't care about degrees but rather what kind of work you can do. I think automotive paint is one of those. if you know your stuff and can produce good work theres no reason to stay in classes where you aren't learning anything. however there is always room for improvement so consider working under a mentor whom you can learn from or finding a better/more challenging school.

as long as you are willing to improve and learn I don't see why you can't stop school for now .. if it doesn't work out for you just go back

edit: I should also say here in the US (or canada) there isn't such a huge stigma attached to 'dropping out' as some other countries. we are very lucky to live in a meritocracy for the most and I don't think a lot of people take advantage of it .. take risks, see where it gets you