By JACOB COMP, Student Reporter
All throughout our generation are robot students.
Students like myself.
It has been pounded into the generation that you have to graduate high school and immediately go to college so you can get a good paying job and support your family. What about living your life?
Families around the country have followed this pattern, living the so-called “American dream.” Husband and wife, two kids, a dog and a minivan.
Life from the outside looks great, but what people don’t see is the bills piling up and credit card companies calling to get their money.
The sad truth is that, even with a degree, you are not guaranteed a job after college.
Students coast through college while saying “Ds get degrees.”
While Ds have never been on my transcript, this mentality has stuck with me throughout college. I’ve never gone above and beyond in class.
Graduation for the spring 2021 semester at NWOSU is May 8.
To be quite honest, I don’t know what I want to do post-graduation.
There are more options now than there ever have been. While graduate school is a great way to advance yourself and stand out from the crowd, some students use graduate school just to delay the fact that adulthood is here.
As strange as it may sound, graduate school is the safe route.
After two years of Pre-K and Kindergarten followed by 12 years of primary and secondary school to then enter straight into four years of college, the thought of not having to go to school and actually pay bills is scary.
Are students really ready for that transition?
Did 18 years of school really and truly teach us anything about how to survive or did we just learn how to turn in assignments on time?
Did the thousands of assignments actually teach us anything or did we memorize for tests?
The comparison is like learning how to swim. While some children were slowly introduced to the thought of swimming, others were thrown straight into the water and asked to fend for themselves and figure it out.
Some students are given the opportunity to go home and take their time to figure out life.
Entry-level jobs offer entry level pay.
A college degree simply opens the door. It is up to each and every person to take the opportunity that they are given by the horns.
I guess the point I’m trying to make is, why did you come to college?
If it’s to live the college life and have four years that you will remember forever, make it happen. If it’s to truly set yourself up for the future, make it happen.
95 days.
That is all the time left for seniors to figure out what is next for them.
For the students with more time, take advantage of it. Take that risk you’re worried about. Take that internship.
Go on that trip you’ve always wanted to.
Figure out your why. Why are you here?
When your “why” becomes clear, everything else seems to fall into place.