<p>As a college student I have to say I absolutely do not attend school because I enjoy learning.
Because I enjoy learning I work in a lab and create experiments. I also read as much as I can on my free time and try to talk about relevant subjects.
I find school to be a bunch of hoops to jump through. Occasionally I’ll find something really interesting and do research on it outside of class.
I do well in all of my classes despite my personal, deeper sentiments toward school. I keep a positive attitude toward my job (doing well in school) and look at it as means to an end.</p>
<p>What’s your “end,” Vertigo?</p>
<p>If that’s what they’re teaching at Wharton, I’m glad my D doesn’t have the stats to get into Wharton. Define middle class as income 2.8 times the current median family income and then argue that only 10% of the population is middle class.</p>
<p>I’m living the middle class lifestyle (nice home, three [older] cars, two kids in private school, plenty of food on the table), make far less than $130,000, and have no debt other than a home mortgage that’s about 15% of my take-home income.</p>
<p>Your idea of a middle class lifestyle may be more modest/realistic. You may also live in a less expensive area(we gauged cost to a suburban environment outside of the top 10 largest US cities).</p>
<p>I like school. It’s fun.</p>
<p>I don’t like school, but I love learning.</p>
<p>i love learning</p>
<p>Thanks for all your replies, I find this mix of views to be really interesting. If anyone else has anything to add, please do. I really wish more people would enjoy learning at least something in school, because it’s just sad if you don’t in my opinion. I understand where a lot of you are coming from though - I absolutely love education, but I can’t stand schooling. I guess that’s why I’m so eager to go to college in the fall. There will be more freedom and more actual education in things that are relevant to me. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not like I’ve enjoyed every class I’ve ever taken (especially not Chemistry haha). I just wish that intellectual passions would be the main reason to want to do well in high school and college, not just for money and bragging rights. I guess that’s asking too much though… </p>
<p>Who do you think will be more satisfied with their lives in the long run? Those who put the most effort into subjects and fields that fascinate them, or those who couldn’t care what they’re doing as long as it’s an impressive job title with a hefty monetary income?</p>
<p>@violistchan - my end is to go to med school, get a sustainable job (another means to an end) and make money…thereby allowing me to go on vacation and do other things I enjoy (or spend time with my family, significant other, etc.) I’m a huge believer in working hard and doing well and then spending most of my heart in building relationships with others or doing well in my hobbies. Because let’s face it, hoop-jumping can get soul crushing.</p>
<p>Nope. You’re the only one. Everyone else here by defenition hates learning and is only in it for the money. After all, wanting a comfortable lifestyle and loving to learn are incompatible, ALWAYS.</p>
<p>btw, that was sarcasm</p>
<p>purplepenguin, I never said you couldn’t do both… This is a discussion board, not a heated debate. In my previous post, I asked about two specific groups of people, but I wasn’t in any way implying that they were the only two types of people out there. I do believe that people can have a healthy balance of both, but I’ve just seen a lot of people on CC who tend to fit the type that I’m “ranting” about, so I felt the need to comment on it and present my own perspective in contrast. If you’re prepared to bring something valuable to the table, please do, but try not to be rude about it.</p>
<p>have you guys ever thought that some people like me, learn hard to be proud of themselves. to be able to show their family, friends and themselves that they worked hard and that they got into a good university.
that they can acomplish something very hard if they try hard
to make themselves confident about their future.</p>
<p>What a bunch of phonies!</p>
<p>try musictheory.net for theory practice! I used it to study for my AP Theory test lol.</p>
<p>I want to learn the stuff assigned in school so that I can make enough money to have the time to learn the stuff I actually care about.</p>
<p>I don’t think very many people come to a college admissions forum to look for place to talk about their love of learning.</p>
<p>glassesarechic, of course they don’t. Perhaps some students go here to figure out which colleges are best for them (and how to get into them) /because/ they love learning. That’s how I got here. I wanted to find schools with educational opportunities that best suited my interests so that I have a better chance of making a career out of them. I was just wondering what people’s motivations are on CC.</p>
<p>I agree with glassesarechic.</p>
<p>I enjoy learning more than what I can get out of it. I came across CC in my search for college info for musical theatre majors. That is my dream and I am looking how to make it come true.I believe many CCers are here because they are looking how to make their dreams come true, not to talk about how much they like to learn; that doesn’t mean,however, that these people don’t like to learn. That just isn’t why they are on this particular forum.</p>
<p>I used to think that way. If I succeed in high school it will help me later… But after following this belief I realized that it would get me into a good college but not the one I really wanted to attend(Princeton). So instead I gained a new perspective and actually liked learning. </p>
<p>And so me, an unlikely candidate, got into Princeton!(I’m not Asian, I don’t spend my entire time studying, and I do normal teenage things)</p>
<p>I go only cause I have to</p>