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[jc6036]

8-12 hours. . . .bu. .but. . .how do you get any thing else done? How do you study that much, go to class, and still have time to sleep?!? . . . .I hardly ever study, but keep average marks, but thats about to change (my (non exsistant) study habits) since graduation is fast approaching, and I need to work to get me dem scholarship bucks

[Vector]

Tea and a good deal of willpower.

[Lasander]

We put my dad in the nursing home.  Love isnt enough sometimes... It was a hard decision for her. She felt horrible about it but she has been taking care of him for years and eventually enough was enough.   Taking care of a person all day will eventually drive you to wits end.  My mother would visit every day and would bring food/treats and make sure the nurses are doing their job and they both were better off this way.  A nursing home isnt an ideal choice but taking care of yourself should be the priority.  Self-sacrifice sounds noble and all but when it drives you to depression/suicide/resentment you cant be a good caretaker.

[Wimopy]

I'll admit I'm young and everything before saying this, but I really want to help.

For your school, I advise searching the internet (perhaps youtube) for a few guides, although some are made by teachers who are hard to understand, you might just be able to cut your learning times significantly.

I don't know about American nursing homes, but while most are bad, if you visit often, the nurses will do their jobs well, so don't be too frustrated about that, just visit as much as possible. As Lasander said, self-sacrifice is great, but in the long run, it will just ruin things for both of you.

Also, my grandfather has had three strokes up till now, and also one of my friend's grandma. Both of them suffered temporary paralysis. While doctors can be right, try getting her to move objects with her arm, who knows, it may all come back, but don't become depressed if it doesn't, the important thing is to keep trying.

As for the jobs, you could try looking for jobs in a bit wider area, (dunno if you looked in neighbouring towns, or a city nearby), but that might help. You could also try using the skills you learnt in college so far.

I really hope this helps, too many people suffer such fates, but try to hold on.

EDIT: Also try looking for other people with similar problems and how they handled it. I've seen the exact same 3 problems together in many places (sorry, but I can't recall any names).

EDIT2: I don't know about you, but games don't relieve stress well for me (I don't get frustrated by them, but stress builds any way), try spending more time with your friends too if you can (I say you need about 24-36 hours per day MINUS sleeping to make this all work, but it's possible)

[ductape]

do yourself, and the world a favor and go take a permaculture design course. I think The Farm has some: http://www.thefarm.org/etc/etccourses.html

not, sure. I teach permaculture here in San Francisco. I know from experience it has helped many many people find direction in their lives.

[Galick]

do yourself, and the world a favor and go take a permaculture design course. I think The Farm has some: http://www.thefarm.org/etc/etccourses.html

not, sure. I teach permaculture here in San Francisco. I know from experience it has helped many many people find direction in their lives.

Did...you even read the topic?  While this -would- be helpful some of the time...the issue I'm having mainly details my stroke ridden grandmother and lack of jobs...and possibly being kicked out of college.

EDIT:  And I have to say to the rest of you, thank you for your advice.  I'm glad that you're actually trying to help me and I want to make sure all of you know that I appreciate it.

[eataTREE]

It kind of sounds like you aren't passionate about or inspired by your college courses, which is unfortunate because you're probably paying good money to take them. So why are you doing it? If the answer is "To get a job", well, no guarantee that your industry will be hiring, or that your degree will even get you in the door in the first place. And if you aren't inspired by studying and learning about it, what makes you think you're going to be inspired by doing it professionally? Maybe you should re-evaluate what you're studying and what you hope to gain from it -- wouldn't you rather be studying something that made you happy?

You are a good person for taking care of your grandmother. However, by fully assuming responsibility for her care, you have trapped yourself in a situation where you are unhappy and stagnating. That is unfair. Your grandmother's care is not more important than your future, and you are sacrificing the latter for the former.

[Galick]

Welp...no more problem about the education.  I just found out today that the core I was going into (game design) has been dropped by the entire school system.  Which means that I'm going to find another school somewhere and not head back there, because they're more expensive than any local college and they teach at best half as much.  The only reason I went there was because they had a game design core.  The only school that teaches it for literally 150 miles.  So, yeah...dropping out because there is no reason for me to stay now considering that they don't offer normal courses.  Only highly specialized ones.

TL;DR  Fuck ITT Technical Institute.  With a fucking brick.

[SolarShado]

Welp...no more problem about the education.  I just found out today that the core I was going into (game design) has been dropped by the entire school system.  Which means that I'm going to find another school somewhere and not head back there, because they're more expensive than any local college and they teach at best half as much.  The only reason I went there was because they had a game design core.  The only school that teaches it for literally 150 miles.  So, yeah...dropping out because there is no reason for me to stay now considering that they don't offer normal courses.  Only highly specialized ones.

TL;DR  Fuck ITT Technical Institute.  With a fucking brick.

You might try to find a school with a decent CS-programming course and take some computer graphics classes as electives. I suspect it'd cover similar subject areas.

Game design it a fairly broad subject area, try to find which specific area interests you most (programming, level design, graphics/animation, etc.) and look for courses that teach that.

Whatever you do, don't give up! Dropping out's one of the worse things you can do, because then you've just wasted all the time you put into it.

[Galick]

I don't plan on stopping college, just finding a different one.  I'm dropping out of that one in particular because it's credits don't transfer to most normal colleges at all.

[vagel7]

A game design degree doesn't really do that much. I think it would be better as a programmer or an artist, studios are almost always looking for them. You can move to game design from there.

[PyroDesu]

Hmm...

Before I can really give much advice, where in Tennessee do you live?

East?
West?
Central?
South?
North?
Valley?
Plateau?
Mountain?

I ask because knowing where in Tennessee you are might help a bit.

[Galick]

Hmm...

Before I can really give much advice, where in Tennessee do you live?

East?
West?
Central?
South?
North?
Valley?
Plateau?
Mountain?

I ask because knowing where in Tennessee you are might help a bit.

East Tennessee, about 40 miles away from Knoxville.

[PyroDesu]

Hmm.

Well...

In that case I don't know many ways to help, is moving an option? Perhaps to Chattanooga?
There are quite a few places supposedly hiring, but I don't really know for sure, being under 16.

However, considering the time my brother spent finding and filling out applications (Rejected at every one, no job experience/no college worth mentioning (1 semester, no more)), there are quite a few places hiring.

[eataTREE]

Geez, you should have mentioned that it was ITT Tech. Tech 'trade schools' are worse than useless. Go to a real school/college/university if you want to learn anything about anything.