What Does College Accomplish?!

Sitting here in class reminds me of something that I heard the other day.

On myspace, one of my "friends" made a bulletin post that said she was taking one year off and not going to college now that she has graduated high school. Her argument was that she didn't need to do what society says should be done right after high school. Her intention was to go to school but she was the typical "I need a year off" type of high school grad.

The interesting thing to me is that she is absolutely right. Society says college is necessary, but in reality, sitting here in class as we speak, I can realize why people would not see the value in college. I am in a systems class that I should've taken my sophomore year and the information is so ridiculous that I can't even stomach it. That's why I am writing this.

So what's the point? Well, college is supposed to be about learning and applying the "knowledge" that you gain from what is taught by these really smart individuals who have devoted the majority of their lives into the subject that they are teaching. But is really beneficial?

This being my fifth year, I have the luxury of taking upper division classes that are practical to what I want to do. But the shit that you get at the beginning is simple, crappy shit that doesn't matter in the long run. Most college dropouts dropout in the first two years of the game, and I can totally see why. This shit is boring, ugly, and very impersonal. Not a good thing for early college careers.

So kids, let me tell you the key to college. HAVE A PLAN! Sure, the plan can always get jacked up, but when I say plan I mean plan out exactly what you want to do and make sure it is practical. Don't be a philosophy major unless you are going to law school after because there are no jobs for philosophers these days. So many people fuck up their lives when choosing the wrong major, wrong career, and wrong path in life. Then they work at shitty jobs and bitch about how much they hate it.

So keep that in mind kids. College is a choice, but make sure that when you go, it's the right choice.