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ANY answers are appreciated.
I am currently 16 and in Community College after taking the CHSPE. My parents have in mind that I transfer to a UC and then get at least one graduate degree. (They both have at least one doctorate)
After being pressured by my parents for so many years (I never got anything less than an A) I am incredibly bitter towards education. I can't fathom the thought of more schooling. I am planning on dropping out of CC the day I turn 18 and working. I have a job lined up that makes a fair amount, so I'm not just being stupid.
**I have so much anxiety and am so bitter towards education that I refuse to continue past the point at which I have to**
My parents are forcing me to take the SAT in the fall (even though I don't need it to transfer) and are constantly pounding it into my head that I have to go to uni then grad school and excel in every way.
I am so done. I can't stand another 1 1/2 yrs of this until I'm 18. I feel completely stripped of my curiosity after being pressured for so many years. I used to want to be an engineer. Now I'm going to be an auto mechanic. I'm looking forward to this, though: no more being defined by how much education I have or am going to get.
What can I do to cope and get my parents off my back? I've tried talking to them but they just yell.
I feel bad lying and saying that I'm going to transfer.
And what do I do about transferring? I have to send in my application before I'm 18... They will MURDER me if I don't.
Any parent comments? Similar situations?
Thanks
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