Saturday, January 20, 2007

College

Going to college is what most of graduating high school students dream of. Well, I too dream the same. At the age of sixteen I think I am not yet prepared to go and leave my school and the friends I have made. For three years or more, I have stayed and hanged out with my friends at high school and after graduation seeing each other again would take a long time, for each of us would be busy doing school work.

Thinking of college, I wonder what life is in there. My two brothers are college students while my other brother is a college graduate and currently works in a private company. I dare not ask them because they are too busy attending to their studies and work. But then, I respect and understand them. I think I’ll really get busy too as they are when I go to college.

My plans of what course to take is still in chaos. I can’t make and decide on my own. I get confused on what course to take for I don’t really know what I want. I have a lot of interests, but I do not know what to pick. It’s really hard when you are a graduating high school student, you get to encounter a lot of decision making. And now, I can’t understand why I can’t decide on my own, I really need the advice of my parents on what course would suit me best. My parents said I should take BS Accountancy in the University of San Carlos because it would suit me very well but there is something in me that hesitates to take the course because of the fact that, I really do not like math and courses which involve math scares me. You may laugh, but I think it is natural for every student to dislike math. I’m lucky I’m still sane up until now even though I’ve gone through a lot of math courses in high school such as Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Statistics and lastly Calculus. Phew! Those were many. I salute those who summoned up their courage and took up BS Math in college and other math related courses. I think it is really their interest and besides no matter how you try to escape math it is always there.

Times like this, I should have already made my decision. Two months more and I’ll leave high school. Two months more to decide on which course to take in college.

I believe graduating high school students should seek advice from their parents on which course to take in college. But, students should decide for themselves and not allow themselves to be forced by their parents to take such course and take courses in which they are most interested and great at.

Being a college student won’t be that easy as you were in your high school years. It would be more challenging. I think college is where one’s mind matures and one learns independence. By the time I learn independence, I won’t forget to seek advice from my parents and family members.

A new life, new environment and new friends to make, I wonder what more is in store for me when I reach college. Being a college student won’t change me and what I have always been when I still was a high school student, I’d say I simply grew for the better.##

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