All I hear is that going to college is what you have to do. Well, maybe I don't have to, as children we are told that we can do whatever we want when we grow up, when does that start?
Sure, I get good grades a 4.0 last semester, my parents are proud of me, but I'm not. I think that college is pointless, so I don't try. I didn't apply myself at all last semester, I just did enough to get by actually.
So why can't I keep doing that if it's so easy? Because it's a waste of my time. I didn't want to go to college when I applied, it was just expected that I would.
I'm a double major, Informational Technology and Agricultural Economics. I have a grad plan figured out for both majors, I'm trying to do this. Every day it gets harder to get out of bed and "into the grind."
In high school I realized that I didn't want to work for people, I didn't want to work in an office, and I did not want to work a 9-5 shift for 40+ years of my life. That's not living.
Last semester I realized one of the main reasons that I dislike college. Parents, advisers, teachers, everyone, tells you to go to college, get a good job, make a lot of money, you'll be happy. They say that you can make what you do unique. How can you make college unique when everyone picks a degree on a multiple choice form, takes the same base classes, and has a limited selection of electives?
We go to college not to become individuals, but to be taught how to conform, how to listen to what people say is how something is done, and not break that mold that we've been crammed into for the past 12 years of our education.
If you don't work towards your own dream, someone will hire you to work towards theirs. How does society expect to continue to grow when everyone is told to do the same things? Most employers look for the same things, and if you don't have them, you're out. That's not how innovation works though, with innovation, you fail, you get back up, and try again, granted, you'll probably fail a few more times, but eventually, you won't and you'll be better off for your failures.
I don't want to be convinced to stay in college, get good grades, graduate, get a job, etc. because my brother did that. Four years ago, he was in my position but stuck with it, he hates himself for not standing up for what he thought was what he needed to do.
He listened to our parents instead, now he's encouraging me to leave.
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