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Sounds like a good decision to me. I wish you well for the future... hope it's a more relaxing one!
Posted: 12:26 Nov 20 2002
Year Out
I decided last night after my dad found me sitting in tears in the dark to take a year off uni, and perhaps not go back. Its been getting too much over the past few months and i've slowly started to crack up. However all my work has not been for nothing I do have my BA Law i've just not graduated. I was working on my honours year and then that would have been me done.
I've just emailed my tutor to let her know, as I cant get hold of her on the phone. This hasn't been an easy decision but if I kept on going the way I was then I would be unrecogniseable. EW can confirm that i've been an utter nightmare to live with, I snap for no reason and basically have been keeping myself to myself. This aint good and I need to think of my health before I start taking fits again.
I've been looking at the kind of work that I can do with my BA and i'm probably going to head into either Customs or Immigration both pay well for what I aim to do and my degree would help. This means that with no uni and more money I shall hopefully be making an appearance at End of Days
And possibly the T party, cant say for sure on that one.
I feel so relieved already, and am starting to smile again. Its been a long time since i've felt as happy as this.
(Edited by Evil Lawyer Chick 20/11/2002 11:12)
I've just emailed my tutor to let her know, as I cant get hold of her on the phone. This hasn't been an easy decision but if I kept on going the way I was then I would be unrecogniseable. EW can confirm that i've been an utter nightmare to live with, I snap for no reason and basically have been keeping myself to myself. This aint good and I need to think of my health before I start taking fits again.
I've been looking at the kind of work that I can do with my BA and i'm probably going to head into either Customs or Immigration both pay well for what I aim to do and my degree would help. This means that with no uni and more money I shall hopefully be making an appearance at End of Days
And possibly the T party, cant say for sure on that one. I feel so relieved already, and am starting to smile again. Its been a long time since i've felt as happy as this.
(Edited by Evil Lawyer Chick 20/11/2002 11:12)
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Posted: 12:26 Nov 20 2002
Hon you're doing absolutely the right thing. If study is getting you like that then it's completely counterproductive anyway. Education is something you can always go back to at a later date if you decide you want to, and in the meantime work and cash money are good things 
((hug))
((hug))
Posted: 12:30 Nov 20 2002 
Good decision...
Work (and thus education) is supposed to fund yer fun, not ruin yer life
So sit back, relax and have a beer on me (but yer gonna have to come to the T-Party to collect
)
Work (and thus education) is supposed to fund yer fun, not ruin yer life
So sit back, relax and have a beer on me (but yer gonna have to come to the T-Party to collect
)
Posted: 12:36 Nov 20 2002 
Honey, if you're happy with your decision, then it's the right one.. qualifications aren't much use to you if you're stressing out and on the verge of a breakdown. Good luck with the job hunt, and hopefully, with some luck i'll see you in Birmingham in February.
**sending massive huggles**
**sending massive huggles**
Posted: 12:36 Nov 20 2002 
That's great news that you're feeling better. Uni work is the sort of thing that can really pile up on you in your last year - I know what a nightmare it was for me!
You'll still have your degree, and if you want to, at a later date, you could probably go back and do the honours year too
You'll still have your degree, and if you want to, at a later date, you could probably go back and do the honours year too
Posted: 12:49 Nov 20 2002
She wasnt really an utter nightmare but i missed you so much and you were just in the next room 
but I have to admit you DO seem so much better and it's real good to see you smiling <<< she was like that by the end of the night and it wasnt even provoked.
there's nothing i can really say here babe that i havent said to you in person or online.
but I have to admit you DO seem so much better and it's real good to see you smiling <<< she was like that by the end of the night and it wasnt even provoked.there's nothing i can really say here babe that i havent said to you in person or online.
Posted: 12:56 Nov 20 2002 
As ever I'm behind your decisions 100%
Oh and you'd better get yourself down to Brum or I'm going to upset with you
Oh and you'd better get yourself down to Brum or I'm going to upset with you
Posted: 15:43 Nov 20 2002
aw hun, i know what you must have been going through. glad your feeling better already.and hopefully will see you soon!!
Posted: 17:56 Nov 20 2002
ELC *HUGE HUGS*
Hun, if you are already feeling better then it is totally the right decision. The fact that you already have an idea of where you are heading is amazing & I am happy that you are happy
Ooohhh Customs.... Immigration.... does this mean you will be moving down South? *hopes* Then we can play dancing phones & do mock interviews & such
Take care hun & it really sounds as if you have made the right decision for you. *hugs*
Hun, if you are already feeling better then it is totally the right decision. The fact that you already have an idea of where you are heading is amazing & I am happy that you are happy
Ooohhh Customs.... Immigration.... does this mean you will be moving down South? *hopes* Then we can play dancing phones & do mock interviews & such
Take care hun & it really sounds as if you have made the right decision for you. *hugs*
Posted: 23:39 Nov 20 2002 For now i'll be staying here, probably working in Edinburgh but i'll most likey move down south
by Velvet Glove
Ooohhh Customs.... Immigration.... does this mean you will be moving down South? *hopes* Then we can play dancing phones & do mock interviews & such
Mock interviews are fun!! The next time we meet we gotta do the dancing phones!
Posted: 23:49 Nov 20 2002 
Like I said the other night, you should do what is right for you. And it looks like you have. Good to hear your feeling a bit better now too.. *hugs*
Posted: 07:52 Nov 21 2002
I'm going to go with everyone else and say that it looks like you have really made the right decision. If you already happy with the choice, then it has got to be the right one. There was no point in getting so stressed out over it.
*hugs*
*hugs*
Posted: 11:12 Nov 21 2002 
I think I can relate to some of what you've been going through- about six years ago I left a teacher training course for similar reasons. In my case, I suppose I did it partly to prove a point because my folks didn't believe I could do it, so I probably went on longer than I should have done. But I was getting home from school about 4.30 desperately needing sleep and just lying rigid in bed unable to relax and I'm fairly confident that if I'd gone on much further I'd have ended up in a nice warm padded cell. The worst thing I did was to lose touch with my friends from the course, because I was constantly ashamed of it not having worked out.
But that's in the past now- take some time to work out who you are and what you want to achieve in life, and if possible take at least a fortnight to do nothing and just get used to living at a different pace.
But that's in the past now- take some time to work out who you are and what you want to achieve in life, and if possible take at least a fortnight to do nothing and just get used to living at a different pace.
Posted: 20:10 Nov 22 2002
As everyone else has said - if its the right decision for you then YAY - there is nothing worse than ill health and bad moods. You have qualifications and can put them to use
I've never been to Uni or College but can understand the pressures put on you and the expectations as alot of friends and family have been there - some have dropped out as well. My nephew for one and look at him now - he's 26 and on a salary of about £70,000
Can't have our ELC being all down and grumpy
I've never been to Uni or College but can understand the pressures put on you and the expectations as alot of friends and family have been there - some have dropped out as well. My nephew for one and look at him now - he's 26 and on a salary of about £70,000
Can't have our ELC being all down and grumpy
Posted: 08:02 Nov 23 2002