Yes. I am in college. Yes. It is the scariest thing that I've ever done in my entire life. No. I wouldn't give this up. People are so concerned nowadays with "is college worth it?". All they can think about is if they're going to get a job after the fact and is all the student debt worth it and this and that. I don't understand why people can't look past that to see what else they're actually gaining. Even if you go to college in your hometown like some people I know, you are taking a step to independence. You can't go to your parents downstairs and ask for money or to take the car out for a couple hours, they aren't there watching over your shoulder either. You learn that you have to make decisions for yourself, that you need time management skills in order to function sanely. You can't just stay up until 4 in the morning playing video games or surfing the internet.
At the same time it's crazy, in high school, you feel a kind of specialness to you. As soon as you're in college, that little edge you had goes away completely, there are hundreds of people just like you. And that, let me tell you, is one of the most unnerving things on the face of the planet. You still find your little niche though, and all that fear becomes manageable. You find those people you'll be close to for the rest of your life. You learn people skills because I promise you, no matter how long you're there, you'll see someone you've never seen before every day. Every. Day.
So is college worth it? Yes. We don't just go to learn more stuff and get a degree to get a job. We go to find ourselves and learn how to survive on our own. And that's priceless.
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