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Today, I found out I'm failing school. Why am I failing? Because I work 60 hours a week. Why do I work 60 hours a week? To pay for school. FML
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center 5

Been there; done that. Hang in there however you can. It's worth it in the end. Good luck and yeah, it stinks now.

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Comments

Wimoweh 10

I'd say OP's just doing it by the books. (Bad pun)

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PuggieKid 22

That's like when you need a job for experience but then you need experience to get the job...

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center 5

Been there; done that. Hang in there however you can. It's worth it in the end. Good luck and yeah, it stinks now.

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shift_love 13

Yep. Same situation. Sucks a ton of ass. Keep going. It only gets better/worse lol.

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bamagrl410 31

OP definitely isn't alone. That's the same situation I'm in, except I work fewer hours. I can't imagine 60 a week AND school. That's more than I can manage, so OP is obviously quite capable in that aspect.

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verkaderk 9

I'm there right now. Juggling full time work and school. Racking up the debt along the way. I'd better ******* get a good paying job cuz I'm going INSANE right now

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shyeahh_fml 19

64 - I'm going to assume that OP isn't capable because he/she is failing school. I would agree that OP is a beast for taking on that much responsibility, though!

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DocBastard 38

Joseph Heller would be proud. Heller? Anyone? Is this thing on?

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Sir_ND_Pity 35

Someone came over to MySpace and Twittered with my Yahoo and I Googled all over their Facebook.

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yeti37 16

He wrote the Twilight series,right? Leave OP alone Doc. He's only 22.... (Did you Catch that?)

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AHappyGoth 14

I know your struggle. Not many people understand how tiring working ALL THE TIME *AND* going to school full time can be. Hang in there, OP.

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Steve95401 49

I've been there and done that too. I managed to graduate, but my grades, social life and sleep clearly suffered for it. It really is worth it in the long run, however.

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zero4life123 7

You must go to a expensive school then. Maybe it's time to take a new approach like stop going to school for a little bit save up the money then go back.

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hooligyn123 18

Expensive school? Hell my 2 year degree is costing me 28K at a Community College. If you come from a family where you have to pay for everything on your own, everything is expensive.

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cbchawks 14

how the **** are u paying so much? are you taking every class

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hooligyn123 18

Most definitely not out of state. I will admit the Culinary Program does carry an extra $400 a term in fees, but quite a few of the programs out here do as well.

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hooligyn123 18

And $3500 a term, 4 terms a year and 2 years would make $28,000.... So just what I said.

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turtlemanz 8

That sucks dude maybe tell them you can only work 44 hours a week

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Pleonasm 35

That makes no sense to me. If you have 60 hours of work you musn't have THAT much class right? SO why is it so damned expensive! I pay like 400 euros a year and I do 30 hours of class a week; you are paying A LOT since 60 hours of work a week won't cover it, and you can't have more than like 20 hours a week of class. THis is absolutely abysmal, I'm sorry OP, that is really, really unfair.

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hellobobismyname 24

Maybe OP has rent and other bills to pay besides tuition or other school fees. And it also depends on what kinda job it is. I would work around 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, and I barely had enough to even survive let alone go to school. It's really unfortunate. OP, I hope things work out and that in the end it would have been worth it.

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horneyhic 15

In America tuition for a 30 hour a week class in a decent School would be at least $25 grand a year probly closer to $40 grand there gouvernment pays for nothing

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hooligyn123 18

Yeah I wish college was that cheap, as I mentioned above it's costing me $28,000 for just 2 years at a community college. That's not counting my rent and other bills.

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Myo_fml 20

Except in the United States, a college education can fly into the six figures.

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clueless05 12

In Australia, schooling (private school, which is common) is more expensive than uni in most cases

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sleepinginclass 8

I work full time and go to school full time. It can be pretty rough on the sleep and social life for sure. My school is a little over 30,000 dollars a year. That's just tuition.

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ashleyylove3 22

Welcome to America, where you pay way too much for everything!

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rg350dx 29

I feel you. Similar thing, trying to find a job in my specific field I need experience performing that work, but how do I get that experience other than by having that job...?

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BadApple88 29

that really sucks. maybe you can work something out with your job. just explain the situation

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