Nov 26 2008
Is this a good time to go back to school?
Well, my car is officially dead. Blown engine.
I have some doubts about starting school now. I was thinking maybe I should work harder to find a better paying job so I could buy something reliable and am worried about the mountain of piling debt. Sure, I’m getting financial aid, but this won’t make me rich and won’t leave a bunch of rooms for emergencies and to start working on future goals.
My girlfriend tells me something like the car will always come up. To get through school, I’ll constantly be battling since I’m not a trust fund baby.
But, the lack of car situation certainly poses a huge hurdle. I live 40 minutes from campus and now have about 6 weeks to find money to find some old junker and hope it doesn’t break down in a week.
Is she right, should I battle through this huge obstacle, or put off going to school another semester?
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Oh I hope you can work it out so that you can still do the school thing. She’s definitely right that there are always challenges….and always people worse off than you are, too
Me, I totalled my car on Monday - and broke 1 wrist and sprained the other and injured my back, knees and chest …AND they took my drivers licence away (fainting while driving = bad plan)
and of course school is still 2.5 hours away from where I live.
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