Monday, November 5, 2007

Student Life....or Death as it may seem to some

Its really sad, having to struggle so much in your youth to succeed later in life. This video opened my eyes to how much most students give everyday. I guess its all worth it in the long run, right? Right....The thought of being that far in debt by the time I graduate sickens me. You can't help something like that though, you have to make sacrifices while you can in order to get what you want and need to make a 'decent' , or better than decent, living. The education system today is a mess, but how can you resolve a problem like this? We rely on technology so much these days, and its hard for a machine to give a proper education. How are you supposed to get the help you may need in a class of 115 people? Studying and help from others who are in the same boat as you I guess. It's sad that teachers never get the chance to truly work with student and help them. It's not their fault though, with the growing number of students. Its all about self application and the will to move on and make the best for yourself. I remember when I first signed up for this gig. My counselor told me that needed to decide on a major right away. I think I pissed him off because I just laughed at him. I heard somewhere that 75% of student change their major after two years. Why make the effort when your chance of changing your mind is so high? Another interesting fact I saw somewhere: 60% of college students think about suicide before their first years over. Where do they get these stats? Ok, I'm starting to ramble so I'm done. I'll get back to this later.

2 comments:

Rasanen said...

Well you see, you can't change your mind in two years until you find what you want to do in the first place. So lets say you go to school for a year, then find what you want to major in. That means three years have gone by by the time you find out what you "really want to do".
I think that logic works... Right?

sarah_higginbotham said...

Yeah pretty much. Let's spend money on this school and these books and this room and this laptop and this meal plan that I won't use cause the food is gross and everything else so i can get some degree in something that I don't really care about so I can get this good job and make money to pay off the lones for all the stuff at the begining of this run on sentence. Sometimes i feel the need to drop out so I don't have to mess with all that and become....a rock star or something. How stresfull.