I posted my dilemma in the depression thread. Basically, my mother forced mt to drop out of college to enter this new nursing program. She thought it was going to be quicker and get me through much faster than college. I did not want to go but she pretty much bullied me into doing it
The program ended up beng just what I thought it was a load of crap, and it does not look like I will be getting accepted.
I just do not want to spend the rest of my life working a mininum wage job, or spend the rest of my adulthood doing this over and over again, always taking classes and never going anywhere. So I searched online, and went to nursing forums and discovered a RN program that accepts people without a gpa or pre req requirement. You get right into the program and it's 15 months or less. The thing is that it's 1 hour 50 min away, and it's out of state.
I told my mother about this program before, as a Plan B, and she was against it. Well, I told her about it again, and the as usual she says "You can't do it. How are you going to study you'll spend most of your time on the road? How can you afford the gas?"
I told her that I'll work on the weekend for gas money. My mother responds, "HOw are you going to have time to study if you are working?"
I can't believe some of the stuff that is coming out of her mouth, she's thinking of every reason for me to just stay in this rut. This rut of living at home, never doing better and sometimes worse.
I know my car is not brand new (I bought it a few months ago) but it rides pretty good and I feel like it can make it out there. I'd at least like to try. I had another car that was very raggedy but I drove it to a job that was 1 hour 30 minutes away everyday and it never broke down until two years later.
My mother helps me out a lot, she really does and I appreciate it. I LOVE my mother. But sometimes I feel like apart of her only supports and encourages the behavior that will keep me here. It's like it brings her comfort knowing that I will never do better than what she did when she was my age. I feel that she gets gratification out of chastizing me and tell me what I haven't done with my life at times. And seeing my father do the same thing too
I'd hate to let 1 hour and 50 minutes get in the way of my opportunity to be an RN. I feel like i can do it. I'd regret it if I don't try. I told my mother in an assertive way that I am going no matter what seh says even though she gets very angry. She tells me that I should not hold up the car everyday like that, even though she has a very expensive car in the garage she can use to get to work
Can I have some reasonable advice from other parents or people? Am I making the wrong decision?? I really need some help
The program ended up beng just what I thought it was a load of crap, and it does not look like I will be getting accepted.
I just do not want to spend the rest of my life working a mininum wage job, or spend the rest of my adulthood doing this over and over again, always taking classes and never going anywhere. So I searched online, and went to nursing forums and discovered a RN program that accepts people without a gpa or pre req requirement. You get right into the program and it's 15 months or less. The thing is that it's 1 hour 50 min away, and it's out of state.
I told my mother about this program before, as a Plan B, and she was against it. Well, I told her about it again, and the as usual she says "You can't do it. How are you going to study you'll spend most of your time on the road? How can you afford the gas?"
I told her that I'll work on the weekend for gas money. My mother responds, "HOw are you going to have time to study if you are working?"
I can't believe some of the stuff that is coming out of her mouth, she's thinking of every reason for me to just stay in this rut. This rut of living at home, never doing better and sometimes worse.
I know my car is not brand new (I bought it a few months ago) but it rides pretty good and I feel like it can make it out there. I'd at least like to try. I had another car that was very raggedy but I drove it to a job that was 1 hour 30 minutes away everyday and it never broke down until two years later.
My mother helps me out a lot, she really does and I appreciate it. I LOVE my mother. But sometimes I feel like apart of her only supports and encourages the behavior that will keep me here. It's like it brings her comfort knowing that I will never do better than what she did when she was my age. I feel that she gets gratification out of chastizing me and tell me what I haven't done with my life at times. And seeing my father do the same thing too
I'd hate to let 1 hour and 50 minutes get in the way of my opportunity to be an RN. I feel like i can do it. I'd regret it if I don't try. I told my mother in an assertive way that I am going no matter what seh says even though she gets very angry. She tells me that I should not hold up the car everyday like that, even though she has a very expensive car in the garage she can use to get to work
Can I have some reasonable advice from other parents or people? Am I making the wrong decision?? I really need some help
