I'm 26 - Page 6

Same here. I am already 25.

What's this talk of lowering the age to 25? Is this actually being considered?!!

I hardly ever use facebook for the same reason. I feel dumb letting other people's lives upset me so much. It's hard to to remember that most people don't have the privilege to go to law/med school, have a prestigious job in their 20s, go on fancy vacations abroad, etc., when you see on facebook that many people you went to school with have these things. (I'm not even going to talk about how people's facebook photo albums make me feel about my social life). It drives my family nuts when I complain about this stuff, when I should be grateful just to be able to survive day-to-day and live comfortably. Since I've stopped checking up on successful friends and acquaintances online, I've been spending less time feeling inferior and more time appreciating what I have.

I hate feeling like life's a competition, and your career defines you. I don't want to take solace in the fact that my more privileged friends will be in lots of debt, end up unhappy in their careers, etc... but yeah sometimes I think about that stuff.

We can't help it. We've been conditioned to think that way. From education to employment, our lives are one giant competition. And I haven't logged into Facebook and looked at what other people are up to in at least six months because of this reason. Despite my situation, I still feel like I should have gone further than the next kid. And, like you, I'm tired of feeling like inferior to other people over a simple piece of paper.

And I don't know where all of this talk of lowering the age came from, either. Didn't they lower the age from 35 to 30? I guess what some people are afraid of is the possibility that they'll lower it again.

Just start taking dance lessons i.e.: Latin or whatever you like.

I feel your pain...Im 23...talk more..what are your interest etc..lets help each other out

God i feel like a gradma; im 31yrs old But eventhough i don't go to school any more I read alot and try to educate myself that way. I also play with my dog which for some reason makes me feel a million times better I think the age limit is 35, but im not sure!

26, got two bachelors and took a year off school (took a bronze casting class i missed and some MMA classes offered by the PE program). To be honest the excercise has helped tremendously in getting rid of those frustrations and I wholeheartedly recommend it to everyone in our shoes.

Finally got fed up w/the "now what?" question others made and worked up the guts and will (well still working on that last one) to start a master's program this fall. Next semester i'll be adjusting my status to international student (by taking a gamble) and hopefully get a job at last.

I feel priviledged to have parents that understand the value of education and are healthy enough to still foot the bill, so I won't be passing judgment on those who have not attained a similar goal as I or others like me. What I can say is this: Having sat for a year with my thumb up my ass waiting for things to happen was more tortureous than doing 7+ years of college yet at least making some progress.

And yes, the fact that 30 is closing in and I'm still not a PHD is getting to me.

I know exactly what you mean. There's this guy I know who added me on myspace back when I had one, and he told me he was a DREAMer and he had graduated hs a year before me, and told me he wanted to go to college and even enrolled for a class which was around 300 dollars for a 3 unit class. That was during that summer, then when i was enrolling for two classes (part time) he told me he had to drop them because he didn't have money to pay for them. Before this he said he had managed to get a landscape job with his brother where he would get paid around 200 dollars per day, then I started to wonder how the heck he did not have money to pay for his school. I asked him and he told me that his parents didn't support his education and blah blah but he still lived with them and didn't pay any rent or contributed with the expenses (I imagined since he didn't have money to pay for school, most of the money he made through the landscape job went to rent and family expenses) but no, he spent most of it on new clothes, and new cellphones and more clothes. I was mad at the fact that he kept bitc*ing about how he didn't have money for school and he was quit "the victim" but he had money for clothes and an iPhone? Then he told me I was lucky because my parents paid for my education--but i told him that even if they didn't, i would've saved that money for college. I mean, 300 dollars is not that much, especially when you are making like 200 dollars for gig. You can just save the college tuition part, and you can just spend the rest on it.
So yes, at least try to go a CC people, because how do you plan to be benefited by the DREAM act if you haven't even completed the biggest and most notorious requirement!

Man I can't believe how long it's been since I've been following the DA. I still remember hoping I would make the cut when I needed one more year to satisfy the 5 years requirement. I wonder how many members remain that remember the inquistor and cosa.

It's interesting to read some of these comments regarding facebook. Myself, I have opted to not open an account as I believe it would be uncomfortable to get in touch with old friends/acquaintances and discuss our lives post high school. Although I believe the majority of them would be empathetic to my cause, part of me prefers to avoid the pity and justification for my current standing. I do not envy what others currently are and have, but the opportunities offered to them due to a piece of paper.

I'll be turning 24 this year. My parents have been urging me to find a suitable partner and get married as that would resolve my situation. But the things is, it's difficult to approach girls when you have no confidence and self esteem? How can you love another when you cannot love yourself? bundle my situation with shyness and loner tendency and you have a recipe for disaster.

I've completed 2 years of school in CC but have not transferred due to personal and monetary issues. I think it's a good start for those dreamers looking to attend school but cannot afford the higher cost of a university.

I do not post in here that often, but since everyone seemed to be sharing their stories, I thought I'd share mine.

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I am 26 and I think I am getting aged out also. Keep pressing on with prayers. The Lord doesn't give you burdens you cannot bear. Cheer =)