So comes the end of my freshmen year at the big Roane State Community College, and I can’t help but feel like it’s doing nothing for me. All the things I have learned, I have learned through repetitive memorization and painful nights staying up and reading things I knew I was going to forget by the weekend. I have learned more during my heartbreaks and my job than I have learned at school. And while I have met some wonderful people, some great, enlightened souls, but nothing has “rubbed off” on me.
I made a promise to someone, recently. That I would stay in school and make the best out of myself. And I will NEVER break that promise to her. So next year, you can find me once more at the grand campus of Roane State, getting my learnings on. Trying to get that piece of paper that will advance me to the next level in my life. I have too many people riding on my back to let them fall off. Let’s make the best of this.
And let’s make the best of today! Remember to smile to one random person every day!
Love,
jt
Megan said,
April 30, 2009 at 2:00 am
I think you can learn so much more in real-life, but to get a decent job, you have to have that piece of paper. Unfortunately.
RacheL said,
April 30, 2009 at 9:44 am
I fucking hate society’s obsession with a college degree. Grades do not equal intelligence and a piece of paper does not equal intelligence.