ORIGINAL: xoon
i just had an interesting talk w/ my friend... just when i was into 3D... this talk is changing what i think about my future.
i'm only 15, and next year i'm goin to be a sophomore in high school. i got started last summer and now i can do almost all 3D trick in the book. then my friend was talking about what i want to be and where i'm going to go. i want to be an Aeronautical Engineer, but she said that w/ all the money i've spent on Airplanes, and all the time on airplanes... where am i going to go after high school? will this just be a hobby for my next three year then Pooff...it's gone? how am i going go to college? how am i going to live? money? ( for planes and college)
had anyone here got to quit the hobby b/c of school? ( college particularly) how do you deal w/ this? i bet there are a lot of people out there who experienced this... how do you fix the probem?
Just my thought that popped out of my head...
sorry, i didnt read all the post... but this exactly happend to me...
im a junior in college now, and i just came back to the hobby a year ago, i quick the hobby for about 5 year total before i came back to it...
reason is because i was born in peru and i came to san francisco for college, so new country, new everything, and no planes, but i usaully go back to peru twice a year, and i flew my planes only then, the other reason i quick flying was because of spending time with my ex-girfriend...
one thing i learned from this experience is that if u really like the hobby, u are gonna miss flying a lot, and if u just fly 2 times a year, u crash a lot of expensive airplanes...
dont quick the hobby, but put ur studies in 1st priority, if because of finals u cant fly that weekend, its ok, but find apropiete time to spend in this hobby if u like it enough ( i mean do ur homeworks, do good in school and then fly ur planes... never miss classes or miss homework for the hobby, u r gonna regret it)
but always have fun and remember that this hobby is just for fun but educational at the same time...
u can always do both good and then u will be very happy for ur present and ur future..