EPTIf your given the same opportunity as I am would you go through staying out in Hawaii?
Can't make up my mind for school!
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Pucca
Taiwan1280 Posts
If your given the same opportunity as I am would you go through staying out in Hawaii? | ||
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XiaoJoyce-
China2908 Posts
Family wise, I will treasure the time I have before I go to the new place. And now, there is video cam, and facebook, so I tink it is still fine  World is getting smaller?? haha | ||
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MysteryMeat1
United States3288 Posts
Your final decision should be what you want and what is best for you though | ||
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phiinix
United States1169 Posts
For me I'd regret not going rather than going. Therefore I'd go. Unless there's a specific reasons to stay home (family health etc) I think having the opportunity to go to school in another state is awesome, especially if it'd fulfilling your academic needs to the fullest. | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
But honestly, do what you think is best for your future and which you'd enjoy more. You've been with your family for the majority of your life and your future sounds ideal for Hawaii. Why not try it? Don't like it, go back, but at least you can tell yourself that you did it! | ||
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ThunderGod
New Zealand897 Posts
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Abductedonut
United States324 Posts
On the flip side, Hawaii offers a life experience while still fulfilling your education requirement. It's important for a person to experience the world because that is how you grow to become a better person. In short, this is how I would deal with it: If you're 17/18 years old and inexperienced: Move to Hawaii. If things don't work out, you can always transfer back to your state school as long as you maintain your grades. Don't read the paragraph below. If you're older and more experienced: Then you probably already know school is school and people are people and your education is simply what you make it regardless of where you go. You'll deal with the same types of people there as you will anywhere. Stay at home and leave traveling for holidays and vacations. And to make your decision a little bit harder, here's an awesome video: | ||
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3FFA
United States3931 Posts
If you start feeling homesick, that's normal. I've gone to Scout Camp for one weak a year for multiple years, and every year during the first day of returning to Scout Camp I feel homesick. The first few days of the first week will be the hardest. Make sure to establish facebook chats, google chats(using gmail), etc. Oh and, don't 'accidentally' leave anything you are going to need behind. Not a good idea. Go, and don't look back. | ||
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Archas
United States6531 Posts
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CutieBK
Sweden227 Posts
Ofcourse I have no idea how your familiy functions, but seeing as you seem to care for them alot I'm going to assume you have a good relationship with them. If this is the case, sure it will be tough, but your familiy will understand. You can always come back, and being away from your family for a few years can be a really healthy thing too! Just be true to yourself, that's what I'd want for my loved ones atleast! | ||
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Iranon
United States983 Posts
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Blisse
Canada3710 Posts
Your family will always be your family, and one day you will need to truly break apart from them. This doesn't have to be that day. | ||
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HwangjaeTerran
Finland5967 Posts
Japangese as a major, so jelly  I guess it depends on your personality, whether you should go, but if you don't you'll probably regret it. | ||
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obesechicken13
United States10467 Posts
On January 13 2013 15:42 Pucca wrote: I made a blog post about a month ago saying I got accepted into college. Since then I have received acceptance from all the colleges I applied to. Not a single deferral nor a denial. Me and my entire family (immediate, cousins, ect) lives on the east coast. While I did apply to the state colleges in my area I applied to Hawaii. I always wanted to travel and Hawaii has the environment that suits my major, Japanese language studies. My long-term goal is to stay out there are situate myself out in Hawaii but I can't help but feel I could be making the wrong decision. Not in terms of fiances and such as I can get by but just the social decision. I mean my whole family is in the east coast and they would be unable to occasionally do a 6,000 mile flight to Hawaii. So really after this August I won't see my family for, a long time. I just wonder if its worth it. If your given the same opportunity as I am would you go through staying out in Hawaii? I'd thought that Hawaii would hate the Japanese. Something must have gone right in US-Japanese relations post WW2. Ultimately the decision is up to you. I traveled away from my family for college but I hate my mom. I don't think there's much difference in what you learn or don't learn at any school. Frost's famous poem The Road Less Traveled, is actually not about taking the path that less people choose; it's about how people often make decisions where both options look the same, and then 50 years later they like to say that the decision made all the difference in their life. He says that in reality the decision probably did nothing. I don't believe that Frost is correct as decisions like one's college have a huge impact on one's life but I don't believe it's possible to see which one is the better choice from here. Too much undergrowth in the way. | ||
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Spiffeh
United States830 Posts
Just kidding. That's cool you like your family. In the end though, if you do what you think is best for YOU, they will accept you unconditionally. If you don't think that that is a valid option, then just keep in mind the old saying "It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission". | ||
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dongmydrum
United States139 Posts
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Zim23
United States1681 Posts
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