Why did I go to College?

Christian says: 

Why did I go to College?

Last night I was watching the movie The pursuit of happiness and in a scene, actor Will Smith said “There were three lines below highschool for more education, I didn’t need that many lines”. Even though I was a funny remark, I couldn’t help but understand the situation. The importance of education. I think most people go to college because their parents push them towards it. Not because they willingly want to, at first. But, as we grow older, we learn the importance of a good education, therefore, we go to college. It is important to make having a degree a goal because as we set it in front of us, we drive towards it in the hopes of achieving it. Also, we are living at difficult times and the world needs the aid of capable professionals. In college, a part of the process is not only to be educated, but also maturing and viewing things from another perspective. By watching things from another view, we can be more aware to other we might’ve not been before and our opinions could change for the better. It provides us with the maturity highschool doesn’t fully give us. As we go along in college, it gives us the opportunity to work with classmates, and we become more of social people and we learn to be liked by others or if not necessarily liked but at least we make the effort to work together. We gain communication skills and leadership. It’s not only a wonderful preparation but a perfect one also for adulthood. When we complete the whole journey, we find ourselves capable of sustaining a family and providing them with food, shelter and all the things that make education worth the long while.