Work Study Canceled, No luck with jobs..time to drop out?

Bedouin
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:27:47 +0000

Strangely enough, cable & internet is $1 more than just internet. Its $54.99 for internet alone, but $55.99 for the bundle. We only had internet in the apartment last year since we had no TV, and were planning on the same this year but went for the bundle. The prices are kinda ridiculous compared to the company back at home but unfortunately they’re the cheaper company out of the 2 here.



Do you really need Internet? Colleges have free wifi on campus, and if they don’t the library has Internet. You don’t need to have access to the Internet at your apartment anyway; it’s mostly a distraction from your studies and if you’re spending that amount of money, it should go towards essentials like water, electricity, and other utilities rather than fripperies that children shouldn’t even be using anyway.

The fact that you can’t find jobs now isn’t particularly surprising. Kids today don’t really know how to make themselves and their resumes presentable in order to secure interviews and offers of employment. Employers want to see candidates who look respectable and mature and come across as personal and well-behaved. If your resume is poorly written, it reflects badly on you. If you show up for an interview wearing “sloppy sweats” or otherwise looking unkempt, you probably won’t get any job at all. Even McDonald’s wants someone who is well put together. As far as your schedule; your boss isn’t required to fall over themselves to make sure that you can get your other work done. If you can’t manage juggling both an education and a career, it might be time to drop out. I don’t recommend that lightly, but if you’re honestly not mature enough or at that level of time management that you can balance both aspects of your life then one of them has to go.