Dropping out of college, is it really that bad?

Basically I plan on dropping out of college however my mother seems pretty sure I am wrecking my whole life by doing this. All I want to do is find a job which I now have one pretty much lined up to start, and work for a few years and then do an adults night course. But I want to work for a few years, I have been in education all my life am I not entitled to a break. My mother seems to think that college is only for school leavers which of course its not. Im really confused what to do now, am i really wrecking my whole life by doing this, I just need a bit of advice off someone other than my mom.