Replying to has the system gotten to you?

alright - so this thread started earlier today when I was sitting upstairs reading a book about science and shit... and I finally figured out what I want to go to school for and do with my life. But - even though I know what I want to do - I'm still not going to go back to school for at least another 4 years. I graduated from high school last year and spent this winter as a ski bum at Blue Mountain, Ontario (got over 100 days of skiing in, hell yea).

now, here is where the actual thread starts - why do so many people think it is neccesary to go to college or university imediately after highschool? I know a lot of people (my dad and stepmom included) who look down upon people who don't go right to post-secondary. But I just gotta ask why? Has the system really gotten to you so much that you are brainwashed to think that taking time off from school is bad?

I mean - seriously... after highschool you are free for the first time in your life. You are young and have no actual responsibiltiy in life. Why don't you spend a few years and actually live your life before going out and getting a carear? you have no wife, no kids, no debts to pay off... you are as free as you will ever get in life. after taking one or two or six years off from school (the way I see it - and the way the majority of colleges and universities out there see it - if you go to post-secondary for first year by the time you are 24 than you are in the same position as you would be at 18) than go to school and get a good education - because after that you gotta start having some responsibility. So go out and travel, do things that you said you were going to do when you were younger, go and have fun.

And i'm not talking take a few years off and join the workforce and get a 5 day a week full time job at a factory or something. that's not living - you might as well go to school if you're gonna waste time doing that (unless of course you arn't even gonna go back to school - who says you must attend post-secondary? I know tons of people who now live succesful lives and never went to college or university).

So I gotta ask - those of you who went right into post-secondary out of highschool - why did you do it? was it because you felt obligated? did your parents pressure you? did the system brainwash you? or do you have your own reason - if so than lets hear it.



Darryl Hunt

'I think an animal orgy would be fun' Holly over the phone after talking about manipulating a bunch of stuffed animals into a big orgy.