We wake up. We go to class. We take notes. We take exams. We hope to pass.
We continue this for four full years with the common dream of being handed a diploma in May of our senior year.
Do students leave college with just a degree or something more?
According to Pew Research, 9 out of 10 graduates said that investing in a college education was, or will be, worth it. College might be worth the money and student loans, but are students coming out of school with the passion that they had when they entered school with a heart full of hope? Is college worth the thousands of dollars invested if students do not have a sense of passion towards their field of study?
Majors should be chosen on the basis of what sets a student’s heart on fire, or they will be miserable in their occupation of choice for the rest of their lives. We have all heard the phrase, “Choose a job you love and you won’t work a day in your life,” right? Are we setting ourselves up for this future of happiness in college?
Are we putting our all into our school work or are we doing just enough to get by?
According to marketwatch.com, the class of 2015 is the class with the highest student debt to date, averaging about $35,051 per graduate.
College is a time that gives students the possibility to get one step closer to their dreams. Going to college is a time in our lives when we have the world at our fingertips. We need to explore all of our options and remember that it is never too late to start over. If we are not happy, we need the courage to begin again. When graduation comes around and we are in line to grab our diplomas, we should do so with the thought in mind that we did everything that we could to have the best possible college experience. We tried out every route, we changed our major, we had professors who changed our lives and we finally found a field of study that excited our spirit.
We should never forget that graduating from college does not just mean receiving a diploma. It should mean that we did what we loved for four years and had no regrets. A diploma is not the only thing that we received, but we received an education that educated our heart and beckoned our spirit.
