11:45 am
I was talking to my roommate last week about what's next for him after school when he mentioned something that I haven't thought about in a long time.
He said, "I've been in school for almost 21 years. How am I supposed to stop doing the one thing that has been a constant in my life since I can literally remember?"
The truth of the matter is he's right. Most of us enter some sort of school, whether its pre-school or a daycare or a combination of both, between the ages of three and five. From that point on we spend nearly the next two decades developing both an academic and social education - often times one more than the other - in school.
Sure, school teaches us how to survive in the "real world," but does it psychologically prepare us for the "real world?"
Most of my friends and I are graduating within the next two years, and speaking for myself I have no interest in entering the "real world" (which is why I'm going to open my own business). But even if I did, I'd be just as scared about whether or not I am making the correct decision(s) because the only thing I am comfortable with is school (because it's the only major lifestyle I've ever had).
I wonder if undergraduate students choose to pursue a master's degree and then a doctorate degree simply because they don't remember living life without school. Moreover, I've seen a notable amount of non-traditional students in several of my classes, leading me to wonder if the economy is the reason for their return to school, or if they, too, are most comfortable with the school system since it's something they have spent the most time in their lives within.
Whatever the case is, I can't wait to be done with school and begin my life in the so called "real world."
12:10 pm
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