{"id":43039,"date":"2018-03-10T13:13:54","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T20:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/?p=43039"},"modified":"2021-02-07T20:35:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T03:35:46","slug":"drop-out-or-stick-it-out-at-school-students-ponder-a-big-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/2018\/03\/10\/drop-out-or-stick-it-out-at-school-students-ponder-a-big-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Drop out, or stick it out at school? Students ponder a big decision"},"content":{"rendered":"

T<\/span>o drop out of post-secondary, or hang in there?<\/p>\n

T<\/span>hat is the question many students struggle with, as they work their way through their academic year.<\/p>\n

On Feb. 1, 2018, some students offered an inside look at what it is like to consider dropping out of school and why they have not done it.<\/p>\n

Some students said they found it hard to to stay focused on getting an education after high school because they\u2019d rather go straight to work.<\/p>\n

Others, however, have decided to stick to the educational route to continue to learn more.<\/p>\n

A student who has considered both options is Camille Aguilar, who is studying to be a legal assistant.<\/p>\n

For Aguilar, the pressure to finish her education in a certain amount of time is what caused her to consider dropping out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was fast-tracking all of my courses,\u201d said Aguilar in an interview.<\/p>\n

When it came to focus on her education, Aguilar saw herself giving up majority of her free time to studying and anything that related to her program.<\/p>\n

It was about not having time for anything like friends, family, pets, hobbies or interest, Aguilar said.<\/p>\n

The goal for Aguilar was to stay in school in order to get a job that paid well, while still being able to do something that she enjoyed. However, at some point school became a bit too much.<\/p>\n

Aguilar said, with the pressure from parents, teachers and even herself she found learning to be more than she could take on.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomewhere along the way it stopped being about me learning and enjoying,\u201d said Aguilar.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead the goal was to finish and take on more than you can handle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another student who has considered both options was Gerald Tayag, who is studying graphic communication and print technology.<\/p>\n

Tayag has been in his program for two semesters, but considered dropping out because school became uninteresting.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly I was bored with school,\u201d said Tayag.<\/p>\n

For Tayag there was no pressure on continuing with his education. Instead his goal was to learn more so he could create a business of his own one day.<\/p>\n

Somewhere along the way, it stopped being about me learning and enjoying. – Camille Aguilar<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI\u2019m in school for me,\u201d said Tayag.<\/p>\n

The idea of dropping out can seem like a good choice at times, said Tayag.<\/p>\n

However, he knows if he did decide to drop out, he\u2019d be working full-time at his current job instead.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is not a goal for the future for me,\u201d Tayag said.<\/p>\n

Other students who have thought about dropping out agree that being able to have a good career in the end is what any other individual would want.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Students who have considered dropping out of school explained why they have not done it, on Feb 1, 2018. [ READ MORE ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":433,"featured_media":43040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_ef_editorial_meta_text_assignment-slug":"S2 Continuing Education","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-43039","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-image","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-life","8":"category-opinion","9":"post_format-post-format-image"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/433"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43039"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43853,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43039\/revisions\/43853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}