C's Get Degrees

There is no question that seeking a higher level of education is beneficial, we have been told from a young age by both teachers and parents that going to college will help lead us to a better life.

       Although what they forgot to mention is the benefits that college provides you beyond academic achievement.
       Even though it is most beneficial to maintain a high level of academic achievement as a junior in college I can vogue that there is much more to be learned then how to memorize information for a semester and then completely dispose of it from your memory bank.
       Depending on one’s circumstance college provides a certain dose of real life this can vary depending on financial status of both the student as well as the student’s family.

For those students more fortuned with wealth attending a four year college most often times consists of living on their own for the first time in a physical sense this may not seem to benefit them, still being completely reliant on their family financially.

 Despite the students dependence fiscally on their family they are still developing emotional independence.

Individual’s Emotional independence that will undoubtedly create a stronger individual as well as instilling one of the many keys to surviving in the real world.

 For those who like most in today’s society face economic restraints there is no financial dependency on family allowing the growth of financial dependency which for many entering college is a first.

Maintaining such a status requires the student getting a job and paying their own way although this is often times an independence (like most in college) lead with a crutch.

Being that many students in this situation are provided government support better known as financial aid although there is a much greater amount of responsibility the student is not just left to fend for themselves immediately , thus allowing a stable environment as well as an allotted amount of time to be able to rise to the occasion.

Aside from the barrier created by fiscal restraints there are many lessons that all college student acquire. After a lifetime of constantly craving approval from others you are put in the situation where you must aim to please yourself set your own standards for what is acceptable.

Up until college most students live by guidelines established by those in charge punishing you anytime you try to step outside the box.

Once in college a student finds themselves finally free of the restrictions such as dress code, now able to dress the way they want to be perceived.

Along with the ability to change outer appearance college students are able to plan their own schedules around their lives.

One is no longer seen as just a student but also a person or more descriptively an adult and therefore you are treated like one even by those who hold authority such as professors thus disbarring any need for fake notes or phone calls excusing you from class.

 A college student is given the freedom of choice, come to class or not, do homework, study?

 These are all just variables now at the student’s disposal.

 Given the tools to succeed by your professor and on campus tutoring sites it is now the student’s choice weather they fail or pass.

All of which can be summed up by the most valuable lesson that college teaches those who take the time to learn it.

  Integrity, a trait that is almost unheard of in today’s society knowing that fail or succeed it was your own actions, effort or lack thereof that leads to the end result.

So although college leaves you feeling like your life are falling to pieces those are the pieces you will need to make sense of the puzzling moments in life.