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threejay
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So, I'm currently a sophmore in college. My dads paying for school right now, but I think of I took off to bum, he wouldnt pay in the future. However, everything in me wants to take off and ski. I have saved $11,000 and w/ a job i think i could do this pretty well...but part of me says to just get this degree out of the way and then ski for as long as i want. WHatcha guys think?


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Sep 18 2005 8:46PM
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jerad
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degree.

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Sep 18 2005 8:46PM
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bermbuster49
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stay in school man, that way you will have money to pay for your stuff, just dont drop out, that would be waay dumb.


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Sep 18 2005 8:47PM
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Bangor
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degree. that's a lot of schoolin money to lose to bum for a year.

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Sep 18 2005 8:47PM
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chip123
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that exact same shit goes through my head everyday man, it sucks. making decisions sucks, espcially ones as important as that.

on the one hand you get your education, a degree, a chance at a good job and good money that would allow you to ski in the future

but on the other is your chance to kill it while your young and just rip all day every day.

if you really want to bum, i'd suggest taking 1 year off, get a part-time job, and go somewhere you want to be and just fucking ski. get it out so when you go back you can concentrate on your shit and finish up

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Sep 18 2005 8:49PM
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anothermammothpunk
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well the knees only get older,weaker, more vonerable

Sep 18 2005 8:49PM
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vincepru
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dont be a retard, go ski... no im kidding of course get a degree dude, if you blow this you will regret it in the future. and not to mention you will be pretty stressed.

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Sep 18 2005 8:49PM
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jib-unit00
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yea man, even if you dont like it, just stick it through and make your parents happy. i mean they didnt support you through your first two years through college so pay them back by getting your degree

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Sep 18 2005 8:50PM
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MitchPee
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if you have to question 2 more years of school and being a ski bum maybe you should just drop out...if you are that obsessed with skiing you should probably be a ski bum

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Sep 18 2005 8:50PM
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vincepru
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shut up dude, wtf kind of advice is that? dont encourage him to drop out

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Sep 18 2005 8:55PM
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Pipe_Munky
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if you leave now, stats suggest you wont go back even if you intend to. just get the degree done and then bum around for a few years









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Sep 18 2005 8:58PM
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MitchPee
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it's good advice...if you really have to question going to school and getting a degree then going skiing a few times more a year then you should drop out

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Sep 18 2005 8:59PM
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ATLskier
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what about just taking a year off school b/w high school and college, or taking a year off college and going back. I mean that isnt bad. I would work at a resort or something, make some extra money and ski. I def. have the drive to go back to school after a year.

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Sep 18 2005 9:00PM
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whattheshit
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thats what my buddies parents told him. just get the degree done then do what you want. he wants to live in a van similar to the one in my profile in the whistler parking. true ski bum, yeeeaaaa

Sep 18 2005 9:03PM
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gaberaham
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the only thing keeping me in school is that my parents pay for it. The main thing you should be thinking about is free school now or ski now and pay for skiing later. I can get in 60 days while staying in school and my parents are paying so i am getting the degree. It is a tough debate but dont let society make you feel that you have to go to college, you only live once, you might as well enjoy it. So I say honestly consider being a bum you will enjoy it until you have to go back to school. Also you are never going to be this young again, you can go to college any time in your life but you reach a point where you cant really ski bum like your can at this age

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Sep 18 2005 9:05PM
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Leckett
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degree

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Sep 18 2005 9:20PM
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don't be a fool stay in school


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Sep 18 2005 9:42PM
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HeliX
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I just dropped all my college classes, and I'm moving to CO to ski and work. Make sure you can get a job if your going out, but otherwise talk to your parents about taking a year off. That's what I did, and they know I'm not gona be happy going thru 3 more years of college knowing I'm blowing any chance of becoming a better skier. I'm planning on going back to college beginning either taking summer classes, or next fall. If you really want a degree, get it, but otherwise do what will make you happy. I guess I'm just rambling but really try to do what will make your life better.

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Sep 18 2005 9:49PM
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snowbird4life
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like that kid said above the stats say you wont go back, but if your like me you might be thinking i would rather be struggling to get by while living part of a dream, than to just be some shmuck working in a cubical and skiing on weekends and taking the fucking little kids to ski school, but i understand that prolly i couldnt "live part of a dream" for that long and would prolyl just get hurt and be stuck uneducated.

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Sep 18 2005 10:11PM
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m1garand
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check into online classes man. that's what i'm doing since my parents won't pay for my school unless i continue to live in their basement.... I just go up whenever possible and i can get 50-60 days a season easily. I'm going for more this year though since i'm gonna start taking fridays off. just crank out the school work and get er done early and ski for about 5 years, it's all good.


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Sep 18 2005 10:18PM
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EC-Tom
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Sep 19 2005 4:59AM
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dont drop

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Sep 19 2005 5:25AM
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threejay
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ya. I'm not really relying on this thread..just wondering what everyones thoughts were and also about personal experiences...i get the feeling if i stick out school, bumming will be so much less risky, and i've always got an out...

Sep 19 2005 12:41PM
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miss_hevern87
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skiing is stupid anyway. snowbiking is where it's at. LET THE REVOLUTION COMMENCE!

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Sep 19 2005 12:43PM
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t-mack101
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if your dad is paying for every thing dont bitch and do it and def get the degree

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Sep 19 2005 12:44PM
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feihlination
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get the degree, and where the heck did you save 11000 $??

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Sep 19 2005 12:56PM
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assassin167
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degree then bum thats what i plan on doing


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Sep 19 2005 2:23PM
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threejay
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^having a paper route from 8-16, and working 40-60 hours a week w/o having the expense of a car...

Sep 19 2005 3:31PM
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Ice-Is-Scary
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Move somewhere you can ski and goto school. I used to take 2ns semesters off my fresh and soph years to work at resorts.

Then I moved to Utah and guess what, I am going to school and I still get more time on the hill then I did when I worked at a resort. I take 15-16hours first semester, 12- 2nd and get prolly 130+ days in. If you got a freeride and you don't need to work, don't.

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Sep 19 2005 3:34PM
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Julien.
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degree, man
after u can ski the hell out of everything and not have to worry about shit like school


Sep 19 2005 3:44PM
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hucker22
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college, you got 3 more years, after putting yourself thru 1 year it would be stupid to stop, youll have so much time once you graduate. be cool, stay in school

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Sep 19 2005 3:48PM
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skiierman
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Should have bummed before college. Suprisingly my parents are in full support of me doing this.

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Sep 19 2005 5:33PM
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ARski28
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there are a few schools out west you can do a semester abroad type thing, check that out i was thinking about doing that. you keep the same tuition but go to that college

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Sep 19 2005 5:48PM
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degree

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Sep 19 2005 5:50PM
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Justo8484
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i was thinking of doing the semester abroad thing at westminster in salt lake. that way i get my classes in, get to experience a new place, and get to ski a lot. i see no bad side to this plan.

Sep 19 2005 5:56PM
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sneather
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definatly go for the degree especially if your parents are paying for it

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Sep 19 2005 5:58PM
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GotamaBCshredder
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dude if you go bumm this year, it doesn't waste your school before hand if you come back within 7 years its all still viable.

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Sep 19 2005 6:06PM
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sneather
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^ya but he said that his parents aretn going to pay if he leaves then comes back!

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Sep 19 2005 6:33PM
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Norred
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definatly stay. I did the same thing and now i'm going back to school and had to pay for it on my own which fucking sucks. it's really hard to go back once you leave. get it over with and then do what you want for a year or two. I regret my decision.

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Sep 19 2005 6:52PM
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twintipteles
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just really try and make your parents see how strongly you feel about this, you might be able to convince them to pay for college after if you promise them that you'll return to college after a year. its easy for everyone to say, "wait two or three years" but in reality its hard as fuck to do that.

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Sep 19 2005 7:16PM
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EC-Tom
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my plans are to get a degree, then work/live at a ski resort until I save enough for an apartment, then find a real job and live the rest of my life


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Sep 20 2005 4:20PM
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