College

Life is hectic. It is certainly not fair and the older you get the more you have to bust your butt to survive! Everyone wants a good job that pays a decent amount of money in order to support oneself and have a stable life. And that's where college comes in. As kids we are brainwashed by every teacher we have with the idea that you must go to college to succeed and this for the most part is a relative truth. But my favorite part of this statement that we have all heard is what the heck they decided to leave out. Sure they tell us, "it won't be easy" and "you have to try really hard", but they would never want to paint us the realistic picture of what college is really like because it is scary! College is a wonderful and enlightening experience, but when they said hard what they should have said is exhaustive, brain-hurting homework, papers, and notes that only end for approximately 3 weeks between semesters hard! They leave out that if you're not one of those lucky little boys or girls that get the free ride to college either because you didn't slack off in high school or your parents are rich enough to pay for your college experience, that you will have to get loans and be able to balance school with a full time job in order to survive and pay back the loans that are now up to your ears. You know who my favorite people are though, not the teachers who completely under exaggerate the rigorousness of college, but those that say "OMG that was the best four years of my life". They are liars. College is a fun experience, but you soon realize that if you are there only to party and slack off then you're going to fail and be there for a lot more than four years or drop out. And trust me going back to college is a lot harder when you are older even by only a few years.

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