Here we are. In our lives we have proved ourselves intelligent enough to master the amount of curriculum deemed suitable for our first 18 years of living and have now found ourselves at college.
Each individual has a different story about how they started furthering their education at Bowling Green State University.
Each students’ timeline shows a completely different path here, we are all still here learning together and reaching for that longingly dreamed of degree.
What are we doing here anyway? I mean yes, after high school comes college and that is a general aspiration for many American students. Overtime, college has become almost an expectation for nearly every teenager and it can be easy to fall into an automatic state of mind. The continuous grind of work and tests should be seen as a blessing rather than a curse.
As a child, all you want to do is change the world. If you ask any five-year-old girl what she wants to be when she grows up, she will most likely give you ten different answers ranging from princess to veterinarian. If you ask an eight-year-old boy what he wants to be he will most likely tell you the national sports team he wants to play for. Children see the world through a miraculously eager lens and as we grow up sometimes that lens becomes fogged over with the nagging cynicism of society. We are pressured into selecting a more practical profession and we lose that eagerness to change the world.
Consequently, it is easy to fall into a dull mindset and lose the passion for the things we once loved dearly.
Luckily for us we have a marvelous institution in which we can carefully contemplate what we feel passionate about and then spend time taking classes to prepare for a career in that field.
College is an awesome opportunity to discover your passions and refuse to fall victim to the automatic dull mindset. Life is too short to live your life as a robot, without being excited to experience every new day. If you’re bored, you aren’t doing life right. So get excited people! Put your eager childhood lens back on, and get excited to make a difference. Whatever passion and challenge you decide to take on, tackle it to the best of your ability. The world needs more people who are excited about what they do. Everyone can reap the benefits of having a positive attitude. After all one of the most influential voices, Confucius, once said “choose a job you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life.”
Go on princesses and NFL players, teachers and fashion designers, and show the world your passion for life.
