So we've been watching Dead Poets Society in class for the past few days, and while I've seen the movie before, I always forget how much it makes me think. I always thought that I would go into college with an English major because that's what I wanted to do; I wanted to make art, express my ideas, and help people learn from my mistakes. I wanted to read poetry and maybe write some and just be expressive and have fun and read and that movie just instills are these ideas back in me.
I'm going into college with a major in Communications with a focus in journalism. I did this so that I could still be writing, but still have a steady salary and a way to pay my future bills. I was just going to write on the side and if I was ever successful I could just quit or keep going if I enjoyed it. But now it's just I wanna not major in communications because I wanna learn about literature and art and other cool things and I thought about double majoring in these two things but if I stick with Communications then I want to double with Political Science because that's a good combination and it's just frustrating. Maybe I'll figure it out, maybe I won't. All I know is that being a teenager on the cusp of adulthood is the most frustrating thing ever 0/10 would not recommend.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Growing Up and Moving On: An Obligitatory Post About Going to College
Like most high school students about to take the giant leap into adulthood, I am filled with both excitement and anxiety. However, I like to think that I'm filled with more excitement than anxiety. I've never stayed in one place for more than 4 years, so I'm due for a change. As a kid, you hate moving away so frequently because you're there long enough for you to take root, but there too little to really make any long lasting friends. I'm just excited for the independence that comes with college. I just think that I'm one of those people that's a lot better on their own than with other people.
A little part of me is a little nostalgic about leaving high school, but I'm not really one for spouting bullcrap so I'm just gonna say it: I don't think I'm gonna miss everyone and I think that it's kind of stupid for people to be sobbing over losing their friends. Like the only thing I'd be sad about is the start of the loss of our youth and the end of childhood. I think that I might miss some people in the beginning of the semester, but I'll get over them when I make new friends, like a lot of other people. Also, it's kind of stupid for some people to be crying over their friends when they're both going to UD or something. I don't know, I'm kind of cynical about the whole thing I guess. I was talking about it with probably my best friend from high school, and being such good friends we don't BS each other. We both agreed that we probably won't talk that much when we go off to different colleges. We may talk in the beginning and we'll definitely see each other over the summer, but other than that I doubt if we'll talk that much, even over breaks.
This is kind of sad to read I guess but it's just how it is. I'm a little bit too stone hearted for my own good I think.
A little part of me is a little nostalgic about leaving high school, but I'm not really one for spouting bullcrap so I'm just gonna say it: I don't think I'm gonna miss everyone and I think that it's kind of stupid for people to be sobbing over losing their friends. Like the only thing I'd be sad about is the start of the loss of our youth and the end of childhood. I think that I might miss some people in the beginning of the semester, but I'll get over them when I make new friends, like a lot of other people. Also, it's kind of stupid for some people to be crying over their friends when they're both going to UD or something. I don't know, I'm kind of cynical about the whole thing I guess. I was talking about it with probably my best friend from high school, and being such good friends we don't BS each other. We both agreed that we probably won't talk that much when we go off to different colleges. We may talk in the beginning and we'll definitely see each other over the summer, but other than that I doubt if we'll talk that much, even over breaks.
This is kind of sad to read I guess but it's just how it is. I'm a little bit too stone hearted for my own good I think.
How do you obtain anything worth having?
An interesting and important question. But I think that to answer this question, we must first ask another: What is worth having? Money, power, love? All three of these things are fickle, and change hands quickly. One might be a millionaire one day, a poor man the next. One day a king, the next a corpse. One day husband, the next an adulterer. So are any of these things, or any thing for that matter, worth having? Maybe, maybe not.
Now, how to obtain something worth having, like most things in life, you must work for it. Any thing worth having will never simply come over night. Even a sudden blossom of love doesn't; the seed of love must be tended to and cared for before it may be able to bloom. Also, when one is on a journey to obtaining something with significant worth, they seem to lose other important things along the way. That again begs the question: what is worth having? One might have thought that those things might have had plenty worth, but if they were lost then maybe they weren't. Maybe it's a temporary sacrifice, perhaps you'll earn back what you lost at a later point. But some things can never be regained once lost.
Now, how to obtain something worth having, like most things in life, you must work for it. Any thing worth having will never simply come over night. Even a sudden blossom of love doesn't; the seed of love must be tended to and cared for before it may be able to bloom. Also, when one is on a journey to obtaining something with significant worth, they seem to lose other important things along the way. That again begs the question: what is worth having? One might have thought that those things might have had plenty worth, but if they were lost then maybe they weren't. Maybe it's a temporary sacrifice, perhaps you'll earn back what you lost at a later point. But some things can never be regained once lost.
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