| At this point in life I am a self-sufficient and independent
person ready to take the next step in life. As I am finishing
high school I clearly see my future goals that I can potentially
derive from college education. The high school experience helped
me understand that education is not all about reading textbooks
and writing research papers. Even though those components are
also extremely important and without them education would not
live up to its definition, I understand education as a gradual
process of learning that has a far greater scope than simply
attending lectures and doing homework assignments. There are
much more things I have yet to learn. I view college education
as a global learning process that would encompass learning new
things that will have some positive influence on my personality
in the future. Studying the various disciplines offered by a
university is important but college experience should not be
confined to that academic experience only. I consider college
education a much more valuable experience than high school
because living on campus far away from my family will have very
significant impact on my personality. Living on my own will help
me assess my personal skills, and ascertain the areas of
strength and weakness. I consider on-campus residence
opportunity a crucial part of college education because I will
get a chance to discover things about myself that I never though
I had. There will definitely be pleasant moments as well as
hardships but it is the only way to test a person. It is much
better to know your weaknesses and strengths rather than staying
ignorant of their presence. Even if a person has many weaknesses
it is a much better option to discover them and then fight each
particular weakness rather than overlooking the drawbacks and
shortcomings of one’s personality.
I consider college education to be of extreme importance
because it contributes to the overall process of transformation
of a teenager into an adult. Some teenagers never overgrow that
stage because they have never been exposed to independent,
self-sufficient lifestyle. Always living with parents who care
about a person and solve all problems that arise along the way
is not always good it terms of their contribution to personal
development of a child. Life is difficult and the best way to
learn effective strategies and techniques of dealing with future
problems and difficulties is to face them with an open mind and
open eyes. I am not advocating lack of parental care and
support. By no means should you get that impression. On the
contrary, a child must be assured that parents are always there
to help in case he or she encounters a problem that is too
difficult to solve on one’s own. College experience provides
that environment where young people can face the realities of
life and see if they can deal with their personal problems
themselves. I am sure that college education will give me a
chance to become an independent and self-sufficient person
capable of dealing with everyday life situations. I consider
that to be a very important component of college education.
Also, I believe that college education will give me an ample
opportunity to improve most of my skills and shape my inner
world in the sense that I will be able to critically comprehend
what goes on in the present-day society and have my personal
opinion about various issues. I hope to meet new people from
various cultural and social backgrounds who surely have valuable
experience to share and different ideas to communicate. I
believe that it is through communication with other human-beings
that people are able to learn new things and generate original
ideas. Those are the things that I expect to get out of college
education besides the information that I will learn from the
textbooks and informative lectures delivered by experienced
professors.
Tim Johnson Junior is a freelance writer, CRWA certified
resume writer and career coach. Has written over 2000 articles
and essays on the subject of Social Issues. Has worked for
Essaymart's
custom writing department from 2003 to 2005. Currently, Tim
is busy helping professionals and executives optimize their
careers at a
certified Resume Writing firm, ResumeAid.
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