What I've Learned in College: Learn From My Experiences

In the modern era, everyone is expected to at least make an attempt at going to college. I both succeeded and failed in my attempts to pass college courses, some of the reasons which I will explain in this article.

There are plenty of careers that don't need a college level education, like my chosen career as a freelance writer, but also novelists, webmasters, and other low paying jobs that one can advance in. I've heard all the stories of "You have to finish college" and "I will go someday." In my experience, college can help just about every career you choose, even if its as a writer. At the least you will meet people, learn a trade you know nothing about, or even master a trade you know some about.

I have failed my share of classes, and they weren't all hard ones. I've also received plenty of As. I think the pressures of college get to a lot of us: The exams, the peers looking at you, the parents pressure to keep doing well, and it all ends up in frustration and possibly a few failures.

I found that I wasn't taking it seriously early on. I attended a community college but went to a private schools most of my life; I thought a community college would be easy in comparison. I was right in a way, but I still had my share of failures.

When I got back on the horse, took college seriously, and began passing classes, I had figured out a lot about my work habits-often they weren't very good. Procrastination is the prime drug of any college student, no matter what anyone tells you. I would put things off constantly. All procrastination seems to do is lead to more procrastination and perhaps panic. It can lead to mood swings and depressions and other negative points.

It all changed for me when I started taking classes I was more interested in. Some like mathematics and biology you do have to take, as they're core classes, but for my other classes I chose subjects dear to me like literature and history.

Take my last semester, I had finished up my core classes like math and science, so I was able to work in a couple of classes of interest. They included World Literature, American Literature, and British history. Since I had finally begun to pass classes, I was able to take subjects I enjoyed.

So the key point here is that you might have to work hard in college in some major classes like mathematics, but it may pay off in the end. Mathematics is one of those topics people say we don't need to learn, but by passing these courses you can take the liberal art classes that might interest you more.

A degree will inevitably lead to a better career. I usually go against that, as the best jobs I've had were without degrees, but the fact is I would be paid higher if I did have a degree.

Choosing a career is one of the hardest decisions a young adult makes. If anything can be learned from this article, I would like it to be that college doesn't have to drag on forever and can be enjoyable.