All this talk of senior essays got me thinking. This is really happening: we're going to college.
I don't know about you guys but the daily grind has been pretty tough for me these last few years. Sometimes I wonder how motivated and efficient I'll be when it's just me nagging myself to stay on top of things. I'm looking forward to the increased independence, but I'm not sure how productive I'll be.
For the last few years I've had a strong feeling about the career I wanted to pursue (well, the two I'm most interested in pursuing): psychology and/or English. I've felt good about those for awhile, but it's hard to picture myself older: working for a living (not for gas money or spare cash), perhaps raising a family, just doing adult things. Getting out of high school is exciting in the sense that this vision becomes more and more of a reality.
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To be completely honest, every day we all express how excited we are to go to college, but sometimes I just really think about it and realize that everything is going to change. We aren't going to be surrounded by the same people that we have pretty much seen every day in the last 12 years. We aren't going to wake up in our own comfy beds and know that everything is going to be the same it was the previous day.
We're going to be on our own, in a new place, where mommy and daddy can't always be there to get us out of bad situations. In the past if we were doing poorly in a class, your mom and dad could have a meeting with your teacher to figure out how to fix it, now that is going to be your own responsibility. We're going to have to be able to get ourselves out of bad situations.
Increased independence is a great thing, it teaches us how to take care of ourselves, but I agree with Cam, how productive can you be without someone else there encouraging you 24/7? Learning how to be responsible goes hand-in-hand with learning how to be independent.
It’s crazy to think that we are almost at that point where people will start referring to us as adults. Being an adult comes with all new responsibilities. You have to be your own motivator while your parents no longer have so much control over your life. Going to college means leaving people that you love behind because we are moving on but not necessarily in the same direction. People say that you will most likely never see your friends from high school anymore and that sucks. Being an adult is not what is worrying me the most right now though. What is really worrying me are all the major decisions that I have to make now that affect my future. It’s good that you basically have a good idea of what you are planning to pursue. I’m still kind of lost with this decision. I know that I want nothing to do with business or law. I’ve always been interested in history, music, and performing arts. Psychology is cool too but I want to know more about it. So, right now I have the task of choosing my major for college. In the end I’ll probably have a major and a double minor though. Talk about being an adult!
I can’t wait to get out of high school. I already know my career and the college I want to go to! I want to go into special education and major in special education. Though, it is a tad scary to think about having to get a job to pay for certain things. I am very spoiled right now. When I run out of gas my mom hands me her credit card, I get allowance so I can have a social life. Being spoiled my whole life is really going to come bite me in the butt. With college sure mom and dad will be here to support me and every now and then give me money. But I can’t call them and always ask for money. I have to start supporting myself. On the other blog I said that senior year isn’t stressful at all, because it’s really not. It the thought of getting a job and starting to fully support yourself that makes me nervous. But you can stop worrying by looking for a job now and do things to prepare yourself for college and not wait for the last minute. That is what I’m going ot start to do, so I can be assured to be successful my first year of college.
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