Why College?

Attending college is a very big deal for most people. I've always known from an early age that I wanted to attend college from a very young age. This is mostly due to the fact that i want to make something respectable out of myself. Though not impossible, it is much more difficult to become very successful if you do not earn a college degree. I want to be able to put my kids through school at any college they want to go to. Unlike me, I was all but forced to go to Jacksonville State because it was one of the only colleges that offered me a full ride and because of its close proximity to home. I would much rather be typing this essay from Tuscaloosa or Tallahassee. You have to do the most with what you're given though and that's what i plan on doing at JSU. I literally grew up right down the road from the campus so I don't get to have the whole moving away from home experience. All of these things that I am not necessarily happy about just gives me more motivation to be successful in my life.

            All for all I absolutely hate sitting in a desk and doing “school work”. I find it hard to find motivation to get up every morning and go to class, I always have. I am a firm believer however, that it is doing the things that you hate that truly have the biggest positive impacts on your life.

            Another big reason that I am attending college is for the social aspect. I love meeting new people and making new friends, both of which I have done a ton of in the past few weeks. I like being a part of something bigger than myself and attending college has opened several new opportunities for me. The biggest of theses opportunities would have to be joining a fraternity. I’m currently a pledge for Pi Kappa Phi and will hopefully be a brother in 8 weeks. There are also all kinds of other opportunities like student government and other clubs that I am very interested in becoming a member of.

            To sum it all up I am attending college because I feel that it is necessary to be the best I could be. Do I like everything about it? Not really but there is just enough motivation there to get me through with a useful degree.