Why I Chose College

To so many, college is considered to be a haven of knowlege and a secure future. In most modern and developed nations, those who can afford it are expected to attend college. The reasoning is simple; if one gets a college degree, the chances of obtaining a well paying job increase. This is considered a simple fact of life to children and adults alike. While money seems to be a tremendous motivation for most people, I have various other incentives for seeking higher education. The first reason I pursued college is because I want a career. Most of the adults in my life did not attend college, and ended up working deadend, low paying jobs. Day in and day out they perform the same menial, monotonous tasks. I would often recieve words of advice from these people, all of which followed the same general pattern: "Don't get a job, get a career". Seeing how hard my parents work without getting any joy
As someone who has been combatting depression for years, I know first hand how hard it is to work up the motivation for the simplest of activities. Even the things you would really like to do become seemingly impossible tasks. That being said, when it comes to bigger areas such as improving my art, or writing skills, the valley between development and myself appears insurmountably wide. However, school seems to motivate me quite a bit. When a professor assigns me something important, and gives me a due date, I am forced to start and finish that assignment. Even if it is not something I want to do, I have to complete the work I am given to recieve a good grade. Despite how hopeless my depression causes me to feel, school encourages me to complete the tasks I am given, consequentially building up my incentive to complete tasks outside of school. While it seems stressful at the time, there is no doubt in my mind that college is helping me ascend to a level of development I otherwise would not have