School

I was thinking today about why do we go to college. Is it because our parents force us, to pursue a career, or do it because everyone else is. I was thinking about how much money we spend on every aspect of school. Sure if you just look on your soar account, it will tell you how much your school is, but you have think about every thing else that requires money: gas, clothes, rent, car maintence, books, food, air conditioning, beer!!! If you look at any college and you were to totally everything it cost to go to school, take USM for instance, I bet it cost me over 30,000 dollars a year (with tution) just to survive the school year times four years, that would be, 120,000 dollars! If I were to take that money and invest it, I could triple my money in that four years. I think that college is totally a business. Think of all the wastefull classes that you have to take that cost at least 600 dollars not including books. It is insane and plus, when most people get out of college, they don't even pursue a career they majored in. I think that students in highschool are pressured so much about college they totally forget why they are even going. I could remember being 14, a freshman in highschool and my teachers telling me to start thinking about college, I am 21 years old and I do not have a damn clue what I want to do with my life. If I had to do it all over, I would take a loan out for the cost of college, invest it, while working construction making 37 dollars a hour living at home and make millions!!! I read an intresting fact that 97% of all people hate what they do for a living. so why go to college? But I know the answer why, it tests you, it makes you who you are!