Nah, it's just that I'm going to be moving away from the lab eventually so it's been "suggested" that it will be beneficial to get myself qualified in another area.Originally Posted by Pepe
Because I'm moving from the U.S. In one year. Doing it online gives me the freedom to complete assignments as I please and continue to earn money by working.
I see. You're being groomed.
Also, did I miss the moving to China announcement? Pretty big move.
Well you only get 6 years for a working visa and then it's either green card or leave, so I decided to hit the road. I could live in DC permanently because it's quality, I can't lie, but there's more opportunity in China. I'd rather not be here for a Trump presidency anyway, so it's fine.
But, could you have taken the green card if you preferred that? I'm assuming the missus is happy to go to China.
Yeah, I could have just done a work-based green card. Are you here on a student visa or do you have permanent residence now?
Everytime I speak with someone here they can't get it in their heads why I'm not doing green card / citizenship. I might regret it in future, who knows.
Still on student visa. Looking more and more likely that we'll move elsewhere once we graduate, but we'll see.
I don't think it's that insane. I mean, I guess you could get the green card and then fuck off to China, having the US as a backup just in case.
EDIT: Wait a second, I'm confusing green card with citizenship.
Yeah, with the green card you have to live here 9 months of the year.
Where are you considering going?
We'll see. Probably France/Europe. Or Mexico.
The U.S. will lose its two best immigrants
Indeed.
Part of it is the lack of opportunities for us, but we also seem to like leaving here less and less over time.
Everything you said was absolutely retarded. China is a shit hole (so is DC mind you, can't imagine how much you'd love a non-terrible US city).
I appreciate your kind words and they have been duly noted. Thanks.
Lol at non-Americans:
http://totalfratmove.com/why-america...ritish-person/
"Total Frat Move". A top class article source, no doubt.
The second most recent article on the website was titled "Patriotic Tunes That’ll Have Your American Boner Fully Engorged".
Peaked in college
Got my IB scores back, officially going to college.
Good work, lad.
AD you were studying law right? Where will you be working next year? I applied to a bunch of the Magic / Silver circle law firms in London.
2.i you mean then, no?Leaving Oxford with a 2.ii.
Somehow managed a 67 average, with no exam falling below 65. Fuck yes.
Failed one of my exams. I can resit it, but to be perfectly honest I think I'm done with medicine.
Would you say... *snigger* Would you say you're sick of it?
Yes THANK you, master Betts.
Dr Betts, if you don't mind. I stuck it out.
I wish others would BANTER with you about this. It just looks like I revel in it.
In my shit Uni life, as I still haven't completed two units from the first year and only managed to complete one of the four units they gave me last year next year is going to be extra shit.
I'm having to do attendance for the first year stuff (Britain and Africa which is alright and American History which I hated) which I was exempt from last year, attendance for the second year stuff I didn't do (Writing the Past which is massively shit, Sounds of English which is gay and Forensic Linguistics which I like) and I have to pick another four new units for the second year from the following:
Vocabulary
Learning & Teaching Language 1
Language and Species
Language in Society
Research Methods in English Language & Communication
Syntax
Learning & Teaching Language 2
History of the English Language
Language Competences in Career Development
The Slave Trade
Introduction to Digital History
USA 1861-1961: From Civil War to Civil Rights
Britain at War: 1688-1815
'The Rise of the West', Big Questions in Global History
Making History: Public Work Experience (lol)
Crime & Society in England 1550-1750
Propaganda in 20th Century war and politics
The Age of the Cold War 1945-1991
Politics and Culture in 18th Century England
Nation and Identity: Newly Independent States in Interwar-Europe, 1918-1939
Making a Historical Documentary (lol).
I assume I'll have to pick two English modules and two History. If so I'm leaning towards: Language & Species, History of the English Language, Britain at War and either the Propaganda module or 'Nation and Identity'.
Seems a waste to give up now. It's only an exam. Get involved.
Don't give up dude. Just push through.
How much longer would you have to go, @randomlegend?
If I passed the resit, another 8 months or something.
To be brutally honest, I think there's as good a chance I kill myself as I get to the end if I carry on.
Jesus. If that's the case, probably bin it, yeah.
What else are you thinking of doing?
At least you would finally get something finished amirite?
Fuck
Jesus.
I don't know. I just know I can't do this any more.
Why don't you just take some time off? Go be a bartender at a Greek island for a few months.
Because I've already had the maximum allowed time away from the course (two years). I have no options left.
Bake some god damn cakes.
So, after a 14 year hiatus I am back at uni studying to do event marketing. I already run gigs etc so hoping this fills in the knowledge gap I have in dealing with larger events. It's still £1 a pint in student unions right?
If it's genuinely getting you down, bin it and do something else dude.
Just my opinion but if something is making you that miserable then nothing else can make it worth it. Bin it.
Get an addy prescription and just go through the last 8 months high.
There is literally nothing I have ever achieved of note in my life that didn't make me utterly miserable at one point or another.
What have you achieved of note in your life?
Did the misery last for a few years?
Well, putting aside academic accomplishments, I lost about 40 pounds in the last year. That sucked / continues to suck.
That's a lot of weight.
For what they charge, the quality of food universities serve is outrageous. Then again, nobody forces anyone to drink two litres of Coke with their dinner.
I dropped out of uni the first time due to something similar (does this board attract mentals?) and it didn't help anything. Assuming the same issues are still there (the migraines?) then your sense of self worth is just going to drop even further being out of work/at home all day.
At some point you really need to talk this over with your girlfriend/family and come up with a plan.
I know I'm a very capable person, I have a good brain and I'm sure I'll find my way.
Medicine just isn't it.
There's no point in flogging a dead horse, mate. If you hate it that much and have no motivation it's impossible. Why force yourself?
On the other hand, one of my childhood friends has just finished her 10 year training (and traineeship?) to become a qualified doctor and she's delighted, probably going to be on decent cash too. Her sense of self worth must be so high right now. Total opposite of RL, but we can't blame him for that. Right?
It was the beer + after alcohol pizza + not exercising because hungover repeated and me being insulated from the social consequences because I was in a fraternity / had a girlfriend. Duke's shitty food options didn't help but it's on me.
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