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Originally posted by Incinerator@Jun 9 2005, 09:32 PM
As for you quitting a well-paying job to go back to school, according to your beliefs, would it not have been better if you kept the job and gave to charities with all the $$ you saved from living a minimalistic lifestyle?
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Well that money would be a raindrop in the ocean as you well know.
I believe that I can make a bigger and better difference through politics, education, activism or something along those lines. I've decided the first step is to go back to school for a few reasons. I want the actual education to improve my knowledge and communication skills, plus the degree usually confers some measure of respect and expertise in our society. So that would obviously help in becoming a professor, a politician and lend some credibility if I wanted to write books, articles or what have you.
Not to mention I'm absolutely sick of my job and my field. I'm currently a software developer in the oil and gas industry and it holds no appeal anymore. I can't do this job any more. I'm not making a positive difference, I consider it a waste of time and it's not enhancing the skills I want nor teaching me the things I want to learn. I don't want to be a cog in this capitalist machine any longer, I don't want to make my bosses richer. I think working in an office, sitting in front of my computer for 7 or 8 hours a day is a pathetic existence and I never want to be doing it again.
And in addition I think I will find the social aspects of school quite fun after basically being holed up every work day for the past 5 years. And that will teach me better social skills as well which will help in whatever area I choose to enter in the future.
So those are all my reasons for going back
