To observe the different reasons why people invest so much time and money in college is managable for me at this point in my life because it has been 90 percent of what I have been thinking about throughout the day (the other 10 being strict schoolwork). However, by observing others surrounding me, I have realized that my own motives for a college education differs greatly from that of many others. I see this college experience as strictly to further my career and encourage independent living, which are both equally essential for a successful future.
Many other reasons some go to college can range from a new social experience to an excuse to move away from home to the mere fact that someone made you. Although some of these reasons may be preassumed, I do know friends and acquaintances who model after these reasons. I would also assume that for those who find a college experience to be more social than academic re-evaluate their college lives hopefully by their sophomore or junior year, right when they realize this stuff is serious.
The time and money spent here can either develop a career or waste one. I am fortunate enough to have parents willing to pay the costs of college and give me a hefty role of taking responsibility for my own actions. For this matter, I realize that my parents have let me go with a head start and left me to fend for myself now. There is no safety net at the end of my college education. After junior high, one had high school to catch up. In high school, one had the option of a college education. Now, the options are limited and I feel I must make the most of this experience now in order to feel secure at the end of four years.
The one part of the description of this first year seminar that intrigued me the most was the idea that we could be, or have the bold option to be, successful beyond the four years we spend here at Drake. The class should inspire us how to make the most of the education being offered. I am still yet to find the golden answer on how to do this, but i believe it is a growing process. Maybe I respond to this blog again in 4 plus years :)
2 comments:
What exactly do you mean when you say "The time and money spent here can either develop a career or waste one." Isn't any experience a learning experience? Even if you don't quite achieve your goal in the next 4 or 6 years at Drake does that really mean you wasted a career? What if you spent most of your time here at Drake studying something that you thought you wanted to pursue but later decided that it wasn't for you...does that mean that whole experience was a waste of a career?
I know that when some people go off to college and their parents are funding their education they don't take as much resposibility because it's not their money being wasted. So i think for you to be so focused on your education is really great because not many people realize how much it matters until they have to pay for it on their own.
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