The promise of college for our generation

[b_mallerd]

I'm not going to post secondary for another year yet...but I've never had a clear plan where I wanted to go. It's more like I'm going to post secondary to realize what I want to do. I have a general direction (computing science or Environmental science) but no real occupations in mind.

The sad thing is, everyone goes to college for a job...."if you dont go to post secondary you won't have a job (well at least a decent one)". So everyone is flocking to univercity and getting a degree in anything just so they can go out to find work.

I want to go to univercity for higher learning...for deeper understanding of the material. I find classes and subject matters taught in highschool to be woefullly dissapointing and shallow. Nothing is satisfactorily understood by the time the teaher goes "time for a chapter test". I think this is the right reason to go to univercity...I may be wrong...but I won't be entering it as a means by which to find a job...it will be a means to further my understanding in fields of interest.