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First of all, thank you very much for the answers you gave me. They really helped.
Okay. I am pretty sure that I do not want to go to college. This may seem off topic, but I love romance languages. I want to become fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian. I may want to work for a translating company, and I desire to live in Portugal, Italy, Spain, or South America. Do you think that there are translating companies that do not require college degrees? I thought about moving from country to country, becoming fluent in the country I live in and then move to another. What do you think?
I just really don't want to go to college. My mom will be disappointed in me, though. Also, from what you have told me, you aren't suffering or anything like that because you decided to not go to college. But I still have doubts. Like what if I decide to not go, and then I become poor? I could always go to college later, but it would be harder. I also don't have great people skills (I'm sort of shy).
I'm sorry if I'm bothering you. Your answers are much appreciated.
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I do like your idea and I personally would probably quite enjoy the same thing. However, I highly suspect that you would be required to have a degree in the languages they would like you to translate. The fact is, if you were to be a translator, you would need to be the best of the best, fluent in whatever language it may be you wish to translate into English. Say you went to live in Spain for a year or two. You might pick up on some of the language but it would take a very long time to be fluent. You can live in a country for twenty years plus without becoming fluent because you really need to learn the ins and outs of the language to be fluent. Then of course, you would move onto the next country and try to become fluent in the language there.
What I am trying to say is that in theory it is a very good idea, but unless you had a lot of money to burn in the meantime, I'm afraid I doubt that it would work. Sorry to say that but realistically, it would be very difficult. The only way it might work is if you were to obtain a degree in one language, become a translator for the country from which the language originates and then study a different language at the same time.
I understand you not wanting to go to College. In my last year at school, the very idea of staying on to finish my A levels and going to university was unbearable. But you're right to be thinking so much about it because it is a huge decision.
I know you're concerned about how your Mum would feel about it but try looking at it from this perspective. Would she rather spend a LOT of money (we all know this higher level of education doesn't come cheaply!) on an education you aren't interested in and will only work half hearted at or save the money until you really have an idea what you want to do and feel ready to work really hard for it? If you decide you don't want to go, or at least don't want to go right now, I would suggest you put it to her this way. You're doing everyone a favour by not going into a situation that you don't want to be in and that will waste their hard earned money. If they get upset, please understand it is because they want the best for you and in their opinion, the best means going to College.
If you decide not to go to College, you may end up poor. Then again, if you do go to College you may end up poor. Although College may help you to get a well paid job, it doesn't automatically guarantee this. You could do a four year degree and still end up waiting tables for a living. You could go straight into work and work your way up to a well paid job with great security and a health plan. That being said, if you know your people skills aren't up too much, you will need to work on this if you would rather not go to College because if you don't go, you will need to get a job and you need people skills for almost every job out there.
Have another think about it. Even if you don't want to go to College, it may be that you decide that would be a safer option than trying to become independent at such a young age. Although it was a good choice for me, I don't mind telling you that it has been very difficult for me. Especially since getting a mortgage because I only just earn enough to pay my share of the mortgage and the bills, as well as the shopping every other week. Had I gone to university, I may not have had my flat and my boyfriend and all the other wonderful things in my life, but I may have got all of that after university, along with a degree that could get me a far better job doing something I want to do.
Finally, don't worry about bothering me, because you're not. You're clearly going through a difficult time right now and having been through the same thing myself, I know it's difficult to make a decision without guidance from someone who has been there. So feel free to contact me any time and I'll see what I can do to help.
All the best.
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