I don't like the fact that my parents is pressuring me to go to college even after enduring four years of high pressure boredom.
Either I go to college, or I get kicked out.
I don't have a programming job yet, barely able to drive, and generally not prepared for life beyond high school life.
I feel like the world is closing on me and I have no idea where to go other than the painful path my parents and sister set out for me.
I wish I have the capability to navigate life on my own term, without sacrifice in life quality.
Sure you went to school for 4 years to get what it look like very high pay but do you really want to be stuck in corporate cubicle for the rest of your life?
I don't even know what drive kids to sacrifice their time for schooling and at the same time have a life. They probably know calculus like it was the back of their hand.
As for me? I just program for fun and do electronic hacking as another side hobby. I can't do math even if my life depend on it. Beside my undiscoverable underground hobbies, I am just very unremarkable student in a pool of remarkablely bright students.
If there is something you really want, don't get sucked in to that "quality of life" thing, because people mistakenly take it to mean having a life full of material goods, including a good car while working at a job you hate.
What really brings you quality of life is doing what you love to do, and if that means not going to college then that is the route you should take.
But it is entirely beside the point: It sounds like your parents are scared about your future and don't want a "failure to launch" scenario, understandable but annoying given your situation, so you might want to talk to them about what you are going to do when you are not going to college (when they seem apprehensive, and they will, just tell them that if it doesn't work out you can always go to college "later").
Either I go to college, or I get kicked out.
I don't have a programming job yet, barely able to drive, and generally not prepared for life beyond high school life.
I feel like the world is closing on me and I have no idea where to go other than the painful path my parents and sister set out for me.
I wish I have the capability to navigate life on my own term, without sacrifice in life quality.
Sure you went to school for 4 years to get what it look like very high pay but do you really want to be stuck in corporate cubicle for the rest of your life?
I don't even know what drive kids to sacrifice their time for schooling and at the same time have a life. They probably know calculus like it was the back of their hand.
As for me? I just program for fun and do electronic hacking as another side hobby. I can't do math even if my life depend on it. Beside my undiscoverable underground hobbies, I am just very unremarkable student in a pool of remarkablely bright students.