The college culture

I hate college.

Let me revise. I hate what college has become.

The college culture is disgusting. The college degree is becoming less and less important. Skills and experiences are key nowadays. It is no longer about the slip of paper saying you completed the undergraduate experience. If you want a slip of paper to help you out, go to grad, professional, or trade school. That diploma that you spend four years working on is nothing.

I would say that at least fifty percent of the people that go to college shouldn't be there. Kids who have yet to learn responsibility. These people who throw their lives away in alcohol, drugs, and sex simply because, "These are the glory days--my days to live it up." They run the gamut. There are kids who are vice to the max and there are kids who are Christian to the max. "I accept Jesus in my heart," who turn around and say that homosexuality is wrong and that these people will be condemned to hell. This is what the future thinks. I think close-mindedness is the worst vice. Tunnel vision will kill you because you just are not aware of all the life around you.

I am at this point in my life where I feel like I've stalled out. Last semester I was working so hard for this goal. Now that I have acheived that goal, the only thing I have left to work my booty off for is to graduate a semester early. If I can graduate in December 2007, I will be living happy. Sure I probably will not have a job lined up or even enough money to afford a place to live. I would like to think I'll still be in this amazing relationship that I am in, but there is not even a promise of that. (I mean there are promises, but there is no way for us to really know.) I have eleven weeks of school before I get to dive in head first to camp. I have 8 weeks after this week of this semester, and three weeks of summer session.

I like my simple life of going to class, doing the work, and curling up at night with a good tv show and my warm bed. I dislike drama and I adore the low key lifestyle that is everything college is not. I look at my friends and I question how many of them will be there when this is all done. I do not like having lots of friends. I am one of those who prefers to have one or two close friends. unfortunately, my closest friend is 300 miles away. I have yet to find that close friend here. I know she's here somewhere, I just haven't quite discovered her yet.

I have the love of my life. He treats me like a princess, a companion, and a friend. I can tell him just about anything and for that I am so greatful. Being in love is glorious and for all the years it eluded me, I am so glad I waited for this one.

I like the simple life. It may not be exciting. It may not produce great facebook photos, but it keeps me calm.

But, I have got a long way to go before I am "all grown up." I have got a long wait and some more evolving to do before I will truly be ready to face the world. While I claim I an antsy to get out there, it's more that I'm ready for a change. I'm ready to get away from the atmosphere that frowns on my simple life.

And yet, here I am, trucking through one day at a time. One class at a time and one test at a time. I take it slow because I tend to forget that everyday is precious.

Life is precious.

And yet it college, it seems that we are told to throw it away.

That is why I hate college.