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Speculative opinion of college, according to age
July 3, 2008
10 years old: It’s where teachers come from (“Mrs. Smith went there last year and she’s teaching us fractions and she’s SO SMART.”)
12: It’s mandatory (“It’s like, 13th grade, right?”)
14: It’s where you learn solely about the things you like (“I’m guessing I’ll have three photography classes and three where we take field trips to Egypt.”)
16: It’s indicative of the value of the rest of your life (“So this is the only road to success, right?”)
18: It’s a surefire way to a prestigious career (“So doing this means I’ll eventually have money, right?”)
19: It’s all about the major (“Journalism major = automatic job at newspaper. Got it.”)
20: It’s all about reputation (“It’s a good school, even though I have to move to eastern Pennsylvania.”)
21: It’s all about lifestyle (“What the hell am I doing in eastern Pennsylvania?”)
22: It’s all about graduation (“Ok, Dr. Advisor, what do I need to do to make it so I no longer have to see your face?”)
Categories: Daily
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Age 14 is so perfect. I think I thought that for way too long.
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:50 pm
ahahahaha journalism major = job at newspaper
hahahahaa
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Hmm, yes. Very, very true.
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Uh, about that 19-year-old assessment … if any journalism majors have questions about that one, feel free to drop me an email.
July 4th, 2008 at 12:02 am
Ages 12 and 19…Hi-larious…I so thought that when i was those ages…not anymore…I know I can major in anything and it still probably won’t matter too much!!
July 4th, 2008 at 12:39 am
ok now (insert age at time of graduation here) = no job :(
July 4th, 2008 at 2:59 am
hahahah! oh, how so true ’tis is.
I’ve thought about all of these at least at some point, maybe different ages, but same points. Especially the Age 16 one, was like drilled into me by my parents alllllll the tiiiiiime.
July 4th, 2008 at 7:06 am
That’s awesome! I have one to add: 25 - what a waste of time and money (if you have an art degree).
July 4th, 2008 at 7:33 am
That would pretty much sum it up, yes. Though I think you forgot “17: Holy fuck, it’s got to be better than high school, right?”
July 4th, 2008 at 10:22 am
Ha! So true. But I definitely agree with Robin G- all through high school, I completely viewed it as heaven… the Mecca waiting at the end of the road. FREEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOMMMM…..
July 4th, 2008 at 10:46 am
I think at age 22 you realize how naive you were at age 10…
It turns out Mrs. Smith is a girl that doesn’t really like teaching; she just wanted an easy major during college. Ha
Nice post
July 4th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
holy crap my friends and i were just watching the where the hell is matt video last nite! talk about synchronicity!
July 4th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Yeah, I think that’s it.
July 4th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
25: Grad school - good intentions and thats about it.
July 4th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
34: Wow! I only have $5K in student loans left to pay off! And what am I using that education degree again for?
July 5th, 2008 at 12:06 am
So true!!! Haha, it is funny to think about the days where we actually thought our majors would land us jobs in our fields of study… not so much…
July 5th, 2008 at 12:30 am
25:- i wish, i wish i’d learnt some more so i am gonna go to grad school even if i have to pay through my nose for it. sigh!
July 5th, 2008 at 12:56 am
21: Where the hell am I gonna live..???
That’s where I am now. Thanks for commenting on my blog..:-)
July 5th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Haha. Yeah. sounds about right. (What the hell am I doing in middle of nowhere texas???? was my question though)
July 5th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Sadly I hit the age 20 stage at age 21. The year I graduated from University of Not So Good City in Bad Area. Whoooops! x
July 5th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
This was so funny. And true, sadly.
July 6th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Eastern PA is a scary place.
July 6th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
This is so true and so funny!
20 has shaped up to be: Why didn’t I drop out of this stupid private university and go to cosmetology school? lol !
Dah well. It’s almost over. Who knows what will be next…being destitute living in a box in downtown Atlanta, probably…lol
July 6th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
23: Why did I take a year off?
Also, hilarious and so so true.
July 7th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
24: i didn’t learn half of the things i needed for this job in college - maybe in another 10 years i’ll have the freedom to start designing again.
thanks for stopping by the blog(s). and philly isn’t so bad (=