I Won't Drop Out Of College For These 15 Reasons Even Though I Really, Really Want To
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I Won't Drop Out Of College For These 15 Reasons Even Though I Really, Really Want To

I can't drop out because I want to own a plethora of dogs someday.

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I Won't Drop Out Of College For These 15 Reasons Even Though I Really, Really Want To
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This time of year is rough. Spring break is so close, yet so far. The weather is teasing us by being cast in the perfectly sunny, mid-seventies weather and we are ready to be out of our classes for at least a week.

These last few weeks before spring break are usually the times I decide I want to skip all of my classes, sit outside, read books, and live the life of an old and wise woman who recites famous lines of literature to strangers as advice for their lives.

This life doesn't sound too terrible until I start thinking about all the amazing things I can do when I finally receive my degree. So, without further ado, here are fifteen different things you and I can look forward to instead of dropping out of school.

1. I have to have a career so I can support the plethora of dogs I want to adopt someday.

2. Teaching is actually my biggest passion in life and if I drop out of school I will never feel fulfilled.

3. Paying back student loans is actually a great lesson in being financially responsible, right?

4. My future career will hopefully help support my future family and I can't let them down this early in the game.

5. If I drop out, I'll have one of my biggest goals left incomplete. And incomplete goals are just sad.

6. Once I graduate and get a career, I can afford all of the Iced Caramel Macchiattos that I want (within reason, of course.)

7. Having a career means having a 401K and retirement. So I can't start early and drop out now.

8. Once I retire, I can live on a beach somewhere and recite lines of literature to strangers then.

9. Once I get my degree in education and become a teacher, I'll have teacher discounts waiting for me.

10. If I drop out now, I'll never have the opportunity to give a student an A+ on one of their papers.

11. I can't wait to have one of my classes read E.E. Cummings for the first time. If I drop out, I'll never see that happen.

12. Dropping out of college wouldn't make me the best role model for my siblings.

13. I would probably let my parents down if I don't finish college. Letting them down is the worst.

14. I wouldn't get to walk across the stage with my best friends that I've worked so hard with.

15. Graduation isn't too far away. If I can make it until then, I'll have my whole life ahead of me.

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