College

I've always wanted a way to express the random thoughts that I have. I dunno if anyone will ever read this, but I think it will be good for me.

School tomorrow. Not excited at all. Why has society decided that in order to be successful you have to continue your education after high school? It is a waste of at least four years of your life and thousands of dollars. Maybe people aren't mature enough to go into the workforce right out of high school and college is a way of giving them time to mature. But who's decision is that? And is that really fair to lower income families? I have been blessed to be born into a middle/higher income family. I have the support of my family and they have pushed me to go to college. Neither of my parents have a degree so they think that I need one. But what about the kids who have no means of paying for it, and they're parents aren't supportive or don't have the credit to cosign student loans. Are they just destined to never amount to anything more than their parents financially? That seems like an unfair cycle, where the rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poorer. And what do you get out of the education itself that proper job training wouldn't give you? My first two years of school have been devoted to completing my general education. Now I went into school with the intent of being some sort of business major. What does Music Appreciation, Geology, or any of the other classes I have taken have anything to do with being a business major? I understand that society has decided that I need to be a "well rounded" person. But I feel like well roundedness comes from personal experiences, not sitting in a classroom with 200 other students listening to an instructor that won't remember your name or face after the quarter is over. I've always thought that if I had to do this school thing all over again I would go to a trade school. Trade schools teach you what you need to know in order to do the job that you want, nothing else. I wish that was the way that all colleges worked. Maybe then I wouldn't be over $20,000 in debt with no degree to show for it yet and very little knowledge of what I will need to know once I enter the job force. I am looking forward to getting my associates degree after winter quarter and finally getting the opportunity to take classes that count towards my major. Maybe then I will be able to get on with the rest of life.