Since I failed at math at senior year on high school, I wanted to get the same degree (here in Portugal a professional degree of a certain level is equivalent to high school and I can go to college) while learning auto mechanics. I figured what the heck, I will learn something that I love and then I can work on my cars with confidence and save a lot of money!
I signed me up, been there for 6 months, then left… why? For starters, only 2 of my 6 teachers knew their stuff. I teached the other ones sometimes (always been curious on how a car works, so I already knew a big deal of theory before going there). Second, almost all of my colleages were far more interested in getting high and disrupting classes and arguing with the teachers than learning something. And third, there are no jobs in Portugal nor there will be in some years… even if I got a job as a mechanic I would earn about the same amout of money as working on a supermarket, not much of a life prospect… so I went back to high school and I’m currently repeating math, along with a few other subjects!
I’m confident that I made the right decision. I just wasn’t happy with the degree and with my life prospects if I went through with it! Now I’m stuydying hard to get into college and someday go live somewhere else… because in Portugal for a few years there will be no future… 🙁
I’m sorry if this is a little off-topic, but I just wanted to share my experience! 🙂
Take care everyone!
PS: Eric, is that an Integra GSR? :cheer: