Can College Wait?

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<p>College is coming, but will I be given full say over my life? Will I even be ready for such autonomy?</p>

<p>There are so many things I want to do, so many places I want to be, but my life has been unguided for some time now. Most things I do are self-directed and I'll be honest - it's hard. It's intellectual freedom, but now with so much, I begin to ponder the wisdom of such freedom at an impressionable and untamed age.</p>

<p>Perhaps it is this very physical and mental autonomy which we seek and are denied as adolescents that drives us to create and to learn and to explore the world around us with unbridled curiosity. We wish to break free from the societal shields that guard our sights from supposed truth and beauty, but it is with these shielded eyes through which we see an unjust world full of unjust things and make our stand for ideals and morals that may not even matter to the adult world at large. Yes, we have energy and yes, we burst forth with new ideas and fresh views, but once we open our eyes, we just might find that we're not as glorious as we think. Maybe we really aren't that mature. Will we be able to handle ourselves in crisis, let alone handle daily routine and trivial activities?</p>

<p>Of course, that's just taking care of ourselves. What of others?</p>

<p>Society isn't as bad as we think. When we're weaned off breast milk, that's a big accomplishment. But then, there are new challenges - diapers, bicycles, school - that we face, each increasingly more complex than the step before. Society slowly molds us into adults.</p>

<p>Still, life feels like it's hurtling forward at breakneck speed. I don't want to grow up...not just yet, anyways.</p>

<p>Here's to Neverland.</p>

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<p>Was this your college application essay?</p>

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<p>Hahahaha, no. I don't think it'd help my case very much. It was just a blog entry I wrote last night that I thought was somewhat relevant to what we CCers are going through.</p>

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<p>I think inside everyone is a yearning to remain a child with no responsibilities.</p>

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<p>speak for yourself.</p>

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<p>I'm saying that even adults sometimes act child-like.</p>

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<p>true but that doesn't mean I aspire to having no responsibility.........that is my issue.</p>

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<p><em>sigh</em> Leave it to this board to argue over something. I'm not shirking responsibility - the original post in fact says the opposite.</p>

<p>I'm just noting that a look into the future is somewhat intimidating, for me.</p>