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Where do I go from here?
| Don't go to university unless you're sure about what you want to do. Getting into graduate school these days is hard as hell, basically any reputable ph.d program wants applicants with at least 3 published articles in their field and a >3.6 GPA. So I'd go ahead and wait until you're ready to go full force into college.
How about you think about what sorts of jobs you think you could do well in, and wouldn't get tired of? Failing that you can become a plumber or something reliable.
| I'm not even decent when it comes to communicating so anything relating to dealing with people like diplomacy, politics or PR falls. I suck at physics and math so anything related to engineering also falls. I'm a pretty avid gamer and always was since I was 4 and programming seemed like a spark of hope for me but I couldn't learn anything about proframming in high school because the teacher wasn't that good at, you know, teaching stuff.
| She knows a lot of stuff, I can't deny, but she couldn't explain them well to me or anyone in class really. I also didn't find enough free time to try and learn it myself mostly because of school and when I tried for a bit I stopped quickly each time because I was unable to learn anything, probably because I wasn't able to focus well.
| >>301909 Well, I'm not aiming for a Ph.d right now, I don't really know if it's the same everywhere but in my country you first go st one university of your choosing and study 3 or 4 years depending on where you go for a licence in that field, then you can apply a Ph.D, if that's the right equivalent to what we have here that is.
| Where did you come from? Where did you go? Where did you come from Cotton-Eye Joe?
| >>301903
Just go to community College and get your GE classes done with. As long as they transfer it's the same as taking it at uni except much cheaper. you'll be surrounded by more slackers, so watch not to become one. It'll give you time to think about what you want to do with your life while still being productive but with less pressure. Either that or consider a trade.
| I don't live in USA and we don't have Community Colleges here
| Also ^ i'm op
| We have Public Unis and private unis here. The difference between them is that if you have a good enough score when you enter the tuition is paid by the government and the public ones tend to be more serious when it comes to what they teach and how from what I've heard.
| The tuitition is paid for the public ones*
| If you're a US citizen, go get a TWIC card and a merchant marine credential. They're almost always hiring crew for the oil tankers up in Alaska. You get $75k to start, potential for obscene amounts of overtime, no food or lodging expenses while at sea and you get to visit the whole west coast (includes Hawaii).
Work that job for a couple of years and bank all that mad dough. Quit and buy a cheap car and live on the road for a while. Write a book about it, win a Pulitzer.
| >>303082 that actually sounds really cool. (Though OP is not from the US.) What kind of obligations does a merchant mariner have, and what kind of requirements are there?
| Programming is best learned through books. It matures over time, so don't expect to know everything immediately.
I'd recommend "C programming language, 2nd edition" by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie. You can find it on Amazon ^^
| >>303254
I'll run against the character limit, so here's the USCG website about it:
https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Prevention-Policy-CG-5P/National-Maritime-Center-NMC/merchant_mariner_credential/
| The fact that you're uncertain is ok. I respect that you want to do something and be successful but recognize your strengths and weaknesses. I'd recommend against uni until you have an idea what you wanna do. I went to uni and dropped out my first year bc I had no end goal or drive. That's one pitfall to look out for. Hopefully your parents will let you think for a bit and live in their house still. The only advice I can give is to not give up and keep exploring your options
| Thank you everyone for your help. I'd lie if I say that I decided to do something now, but everything you've said helped me clear my mind a little and that's more than enough and I really appreciate that. For now I'll try to study enough so I can get a decent final score for the end of the high school and I'll see where I go from there.
| ^ again, op here, I don't know why the id keeps changing, I'm still on my phone.
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| I basically have no path in life. I'm about to finish high school and I would like to go to a university but I don't know where. I don't even know what I would like to learn. I'm not that good in anything. I mean, I like history and I'm decent at best in geography, the geopolitical part of it, not the physical one, but I don't see myself becoming a teacher either. I don't have the patience to deal with kids.