Do I have to go to college? REVIVED

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<p>"The Future...Is NOW!!"</p>

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<p>"Winners don't do drugs!" </p>

<p>You must miss ze Neo-Geo. </p>

<p>Woababa/wakkakaka!!!</p>

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<p>It sounds romantic to run off and embrace our most eccentric desires, leaving it all behind. The truth is, most of us don't know real hardship. We cannot give back to society when we don't recognize what it has given us. All around us there are people living with nothing in the midst of obscene abundance. Of the 6 billion or so people on this planet we are the lucky few and we have the power to administer some relief to the rest of the world. I may be a romantic, but it is with altruistic intentions and empathy that we can help others for we could just as easily been born in another's shoes. (Our own country does a horrible job of administering this relief, ie blowing everyone up.) This sums it up well: "How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these." by this defintion, the poster will have not led a fulfilling life, I am not saying he has to go cure cancer or anything just live a life that will leave a better world behind if even in the smallest way.</p>

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<p>You know, you can refer to me in first person.</p>

<p>I don't bite.</p>

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<p>it is just that I didn't know your name and I didn't check. sorry to be so informal. I don't want to come off as some sort of self righteous jerk while I am sure that is what happened, anyway I just hate to see a beautiful life go to waste. After I think about it more I've decided that I am in no place to preach to you and all I can do is hope that one day you will realize that your "potential" that adults nag you about is all your own and that there is more than one way to live your own life without throwing it away. man I sound like such a republican, yuck. (I'm not a bootstrap kinda gal)</p>

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<p>Don't worry now, I'm not nearly as jaded as you may think. </p>

<p>Just ponderous.</p>

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<p>I think everyone wonders what it would be like to throw it all away and that is healthy. Our society is too fast paced and having the longest work week of any industrialized nation is not helping. Life can be a rat race, but only if you allow it. I may not speak from experience, but I feel there must be a median. I don't want the life you reject either, but I also don't want to play video games for the rest of my life. I guess we can agree to disagree.</p>

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<p>Mmm, I've a question in my mind.</p>

<p>Going to a half decent university usually ensures a 35-50K job for the majority of people, which translates into a usually decent single, one bedroom type apartment type life. All, in all, its fairly comfortable for one with little material desires.</p>

<p>However, accepting and living this sort of lifestyle means that one will not use his brain to its full potential; they will never truly experience hard work, and because of that, they can never experience true joy or other high level emotions. But, then again, why push for the eleet caliber universities and high level education if all you really want is to live comfortably in life?</p>

<p>What makes more sense? </p>

<p>The chance at greatness, or life in moderation?</p>

<p>Wonder.</p>

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<p>I guess our society isn't so accomodating. As far as potential goes I definitely measure it the way you do. Truly it is only through hard work that man can feel purposeful and it seems the only way to embrace an opportunity is to expand beyond what is accepted/expected. Also I don't see how either life could be fulfilling without some sort of compromise. The life of "greatness" as you call it sounds like it provides enrichment of the mind and the fulfillment of superficial desires, but how can someone be happy working late every night and being alone (assuming of course you were too busy for some family/friendships etc) Then again the first life of "moderation" is rather lackluster. Who could be happy with a monotonous life without hope of improvement or meaningful achievement. Even with a family it isn't like you've got the money to guarantee that your children won't have to make that same choice. This dilemma kind of reminds me of Ayn Rand's philosophy.... truthfully, I don't have an answer except to say there must be a balance somewhere and that line is drawn differently for everyone.</p>