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Re: The promise of college for our generation

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Originally Posted by Ken Leung
Are we telling them to take these journeys, without giving them a clear idea of where that journey leads to?
Half of the fun/point of college is that you don't necessarily know where the journey will take you. Sometimes, you have to go out into the world not knowing what the outcome will be, get into some tight situations, and then learn how to come out on top. It's like a bird learning to fly, at some point it has to step out of the nest and fall, hopefully flapping it's wings correctly before it hits the ground.

Of course, I realize that college is expensive and the longer you take to figure out where you want to fit it, the more it will cost you. So, as long as you use only your freshman (and maybe some of sophomore) year to figure things out, you'll be fine.

If it's any consolation, when I graduated from HS, 5 people in the top 10 of the class went to college "undecided".
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