As some of you know, I am attending LATTC, a community college, for Culinary Arts. My school schedule wears me down from Monday to Thursday. I have to wake up at 5am and get to school by 6:30. On Monday and Wednesdays I am at school until 7:40 PM. Absolute torture, considering I am not a morning person in every means. I wake up feeling exhausted and I continue to feel exhausted throughout the entire week, even throughout the weekend. I dread going to school and I look forward to Thursday. I feel like I am not learning anything. I am essentially free labor for the school. Cafeteria workers? Oh, no such thing. Here, the students make and serve the food on the cafeteria line as well as for any special event. Each week students are on a station and follow the recipes listed on a packet. Screw that. Screw it all. Anyone can follow a recipe. If this is what school is about then screw it! I can follow recipes at home. I don't need to wake up 6:30am in the morning, feeling like absolute crap on a daily basis, to follow recipes and not learn anything. The point is I hate school with a fiery passion right now. It is currently the bane of my existence. I am struggling with the thought of quitting everyday, especially since I do not think Culinary Arts is what I truly want to pursue.
WHAT? After the fast day of school in this semester, I decided that Culinary Arts is not for me. I love food, dont get me wrong. I love to cook too, but I realized I dont want to do it professionally. I rather just cook for my family and friends. I dont want the business side of things. I dont want to be yelled at and belittled while making minimum wage. I dont want to feel exhausted every day, causing me to snap at my mom over petty things. I've decided I am going to go to graduate school to earn my PsyD degree (a doctorate in psychology). I've always wanted to help people in my career path. This doesn't mean I abandon cooking. Not at all. Even whilst pursuing psych, I can still cook and eat, which is the beauty of all things. And I will still be updating my blog on food stuff. Heck yes I will.
But the dilemma still remains: to quit school or not to quit school? I'm heavily leaning towards quitting.
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interesting argument. makes a lot of sense. If you think thats the best, go for it.
ReplyDeletethanks matt hew.
ReplyDeletedid you decide what you're gonna do about the cooking school?! im so proud that you actually went out there and tried it though! then you shall have NO REGRETS! :D <3 you!
ReplyDeletejoobs, i've decided to quit school after this semester. i really can't take it anymore but i have no regrets, as you have said. i've recently started studying for my gres. it sucks, but it's not so bad. its like SAT part 2. and i still feel just as dumb. some things never change! <3 i'm still ready to cook for you wherever whenever.
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