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beedubaya · 01-30-2007, 11:34 AM

I got the nerve to discuss this with my parents yesterday. It didn't go over too well. First, they said that transferring was absolutely not an option and that would do everything in their power to make sure I didn't.

They called me a "complete and total fool" and tried to tell me how "wonderful I had it", as if I was supposed to be happy about living in a little 700 sq foot house isolated in a miserable hick town with nothing to do going to a crappy "grade 13" college with absolutely no friends and being treated like a 15 year old in the process.

The conversation went on further, but I'm not real comfortable sharing that part of it. Basically they tried to blame my unhappiness on me not being "religious enough."

Transferring would require I disown my parents and cut ties from them completely. Being as my only friend is now indulged in his own college life, getting support from him would be much more difficult than it once would have been, so basically I would be on my own.

It looks like I'm probably going to have to just wait this out. I'm hoping that I can get a decent job with my degree at UAFS that will allow me to start working towards my masters at a real university in a place I want to live. I could always do the military, but I have a condition that would make that route difficult for me.

UAFS, being part of the University of Arkansas system I would think would give me better chances than Ouachita Baptist, but who knows.

01-30-2007, 11:34 AM	#52 (permalink)
beedubaya Upright	I got the nerve to discuss this with my parents yesterday. It didn't go over too well. First, they said that transferring was absolutely not an option and that would do everything in their power to make sure I didn't. They called me a "complete and total fool" and tried to tell me how "wonderful I had it", as if I was supposed to be happy about living in a little 700 sq foot house isolated in a miserable hick town with nothing to do going to a crappy "grade 13" college with absolutely no friends and being treated like a 15 year old in the process. The conversation went on further, but I'm not real comfortable sharing that part of it. Basically they tried to blame my unhappiness on me not being "religious enough." Transferring would require I disown my parents and cut ties from them completely. Being as my only friend is now indulged in his own college life, getting support from him would be much more difficult than it once would have been, so basically I would be on my own. It looks like I'm probably going to have to just wait this out. I'm hoping that I can get a decent job with my degree at UAFS that will allow me to start working towards my masters at a real university in a place I want to live. I could always do the military, but I have a condition that would make that route difficult for me. UAFS, being part of the University of Arkansas system I would think would give me better chances than Ouachita Baptist, but who knows. Last edited by beedubaya; 01-30-2007 at 03:34 PM..