I guess it’s obvious why I am asking.
I am just too dumb for it. Like, genuinely. I only passed through HS because on final exam from literature the teacher gave me a full answer. Actually, I didn’t even get that, she had to tell me “Write that down!” because I was just thinking “Why are you telling me that?”
In 1st semester I didn’t pass 2 subjects. Now in 2nd one I only got to final exam of 1, which I’ll have to retake and I don’t feel like I’ll pass it either. The only subject I was really interested in passing I didn’t manage to get through due to me being late with assignments.
I am still planning to finish the last one just because I want to get rid of my Firefox tabs and I already spent 32 hours on it. The previous one took me 50 hours only for partially completing it. I estimate full completion at 65 hours, if I did that one, which I may do as well later.
Which isn’t much time, actually. When I do the math based on credits, main part (time until exams) of first semester being 12 weeks, second 13 weeks, it averages out at 61h/week of work (combined lectures + seminars + expected study time and assignments).
2nd semester at 52h/week
1st semester at 71h/week.
Regardless of how I manage the exam, I won’t pass to the second year.
Oh, it gets worse. I found out I was supposed to select my subjects for next year. They only sent us the email about that the day prior (2pm).
I skimmed it, OK, selection starts June 4th, went to check the UI, nothing there. Turns out, the selection deadline was on that same day, at 9pm, so I missed it by 3 hours.
Worse yet, though not applicable to me, the school also “thinks” of foreign students. In this case by notifying them only 12 hours before the deadline as well as informing them that the information in English is outdated (and that’s all they did about it).
I drive an 18-wheeler for work. The industry’s been pretty good to me, although it’s taken me several years and plenty of companies for me to find a place where I comfortably fit.
There’s money to be made here, though, especially if you’re willing to specialize. By which I mean, pull a more complicated trailer than a standard “dry van”. Flatbeds, tankers, stepdecks, automotive haulers. Removable goosenecks for oversize freight. The list goes on.
If you want to also go home every night, there’s foodservice, beer/soda distributors, or less-than-truckload companies like ABF or Old Dominion. Some of these companies are even unionized.
Should you decide to go this route, don’t get your CDL through a trucking company, and dear fucking god, don’t lease a truck through them either. Go to a standalone school. Companies will try to recruit you there before you even come close to graduating.