Wednesday
Jan132010
Son, You Need To Apply To More Colleges
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 6:02PM
My parents have always been pushers, whether it be school, sports, jobs and even blogging.
Do better and be the best.
I really do appreciate this, honestly. It lead to me landing a bomb job with Louis Gray, a person I have respected for a very long time. This pushing is also the reason I stuck to this whole blogging thing even when no one gave a damn about what I had to say.
You want to be heard?
Work to be heard.
Lately though, I must admit, even though my parents are driving me to do better like always, I really don't have the urge or desire to. The main topic is, of course, college and where I am going.
The plan for my parents was to attend a fairly well known school and get my bachelors in something that made some nice chunk change. Turns out life doesn't always work out that way and I am going to a state school and I am oddly ok with this.
I *could* get into a better school, I know it, but I don't have the drive. There are reasons for this, number one being money. I know through the state school my schooling is basically paid for and with the financial situation my family is in, no way I can pass that up. Other reasons?
A two year relationship has recently ended and general teenage blues. AP Psych is good for determining your own issues, not fixing them though.
So this whole, "lets apply to other colleges" thing is lost on me. I am accepting of the fact I am going to a state school and I am still excited about college. In no way has going to a state college dampened the hopes and dreams I have in achieving my goals.
I can accomplish them without some overpriced school with a name anyways and that's a damn fact.
Do better and be the best.
I really do appreciate this, honestly. It lead to me landing a bomb job with Louis Gray, a person I have respected for a very long time. This pushing is also the reason I stuck to this whole blogging thing even when no one gave a damn about what I had to say.
You want to be heard?
Work to be heard.
Lately though, I must admit, even though my parents are driving me to do better like always, I really don't have the urge or desire to. The main topic is, of course, college and where I am going.
The plan for my parents was to attend a fairly well known school and get my bachelors in something that made some nice chunk change. Turns out life doesn't always work out that way and I am going to a state school and I am oddly ok with this.
I *could* get into a better school, I know it, but I don't have the drive. There are reasons for this, number one being money. I know through the state school my schooling is basically paid for and with the financial situation my family is in, no way I can pass that up. Other reasons?
A two year relationship has recently ended and general teenage blues. AP Psych is good for determining your own issues, not fixing them though.
So this whole, "lets apply to other colleges" thing is lost on me. I am accepting of the fact I am going to a state school and I am still excited about college. In no way has going to a state college dampened the hopes and dreams I have in achieving my goals.
I can accomplish them without some overpriced school with a name anyways and that's a damn fact.
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